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[CITE: 16USC460n-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER LXXII--LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460n-3. Purposes and uses of area


(a) Public recreation, benefit, and use

    Lake Mead National Recreation Area shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior for general purposes of public recreation, 
benefit, and use, and in a manner that will preserve, develop, and 
enhance, so far as practicable, the recreation potential, and in a 
manner that will preserve the scenic, historic, scientific, and other 
important features of the area, consistently with applicable 
reservations and limitations relating to such area and with other 
authorized uses of the lands and properties within such area.

(b) Specific activities

    In carrying out the functions prescribed by this subchapter, in 
addition to other related activities that may be permitted hereunder, 
the Secretary may provide for the following activities, subject to such 
limitations, conditions, or regulations as he may prescribe, and to such 
extent as will not be inconsistent with either the recreational use or 
the primary use of that portion of the area heretofore withdrawn for 
reclamation purposes:
        (1) General recreation use, such as bathing, boating, camping, 
    and picnicking;
        (2) Grazing;
        (3) Mineral leasing;
        (4) Vacation cabin site use, in accordance with existing 
    policies of the Department of the Interior relating to such use, or 
    as such policies may be revised hereafter by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 88-639, Sec. 4, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1040.)
