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[CITE: 40USC124]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 124. Theodore Roosevelt Island; administration; development

    The island, known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, shall be maintained 
and administered by the Director of the National Park Service as a 
natural park for the recreation and enjoyment of the public: Provided, 
That no general plan for the development of the island be adopted 
without the approval of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; and that, so 
long as this association remains in existence, no development, 
inconsistent with this plan, be executed without the association's 
consent.

(May 21, 1932, ch. 200, Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 163; Feb. 11, 1933, ch. 48, 
Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 799; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 1933; 
Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389; May 21, 1953, ch. 63, Sec. 2, 67 
Stat. 28.)

                          Codification

    Provisions of this section relating to acceptance of Theodore 
Roosevelt Island by the National Park Service from the Theodore 
Roosevelt Association have been omitted.
    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 8-158.


                               Amendments

    1953--Act May 21, 1953, substituted ``Theodore Roosevelt 
Association'' for ``Roosevelt Memorial Association''.
    1933--Act Feb. 11, 1933, substituted ``Theodore Roosevelt Island'' 
for ``Roosevelt Island''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and 
functions of all agencies and employees of that Department, with two 
exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested 
in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his 
functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. 
Plan No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.
    Ex. Ord. No. 6166 abolished Office of Public Buildings and Public 
Parks of National Capital and transferred functions thereof to Office of 
National Parks, Buildings and Reservations of Department of the 
Interior. Act Mar. 2, 1934, changed name of latter Office to National 
Park Service.
