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[CITE: 16USC460m-29a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
            SUBCHAPTER LXXI-A--NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER
 
Sec. 460m-29a. New River Gorge and Gauley River Visitor Center

    The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a visitor 
center and such other related facilities as may be deemed necessary to 
facilitate visitor understanding and enjoyment of the New River Gorge 
National River and the Gauley River National Recreation Area in the 
vicinity of the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers. Such center and 
related facilities are authorized to be constructed at a site outside of 
the boundary of the New River Gorge National River or Gauley River 
National Recreation Area unless a suitable site is available within the 
boundaries of either unit.

(Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title IV, Sec. 406(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 
Stat. 4150.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996, and not as part of title XI of the National 
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 which comprises this subchapter.


                        New River Visitor Center

    Pub. L. 105-178, title I, Sec. 1214(c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 205, 
provided that:
    ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall allocate to the Secretary of 
the Interior amounts made available by this subsection for the planning, 
design, and construction of a visitor center, and such other related 
facilities as may be necessary, to facilitate visitor understanding and 
enjoyment of the scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational resources 
of the New River Gorge National River in the State of West Virginia. The 
center and related facilities shall be located at a site for which title 
is held by the United States in the vicinity of the I-64 Sandstone 
intersection.
    ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this subsection $1,300,000 for fiscal year 1998, 
$1,200,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $9,900,000 for fiscal year 2000.
    ``(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by this 
subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if 
such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; except that such funds shall remain available until expended.''
