16 USC 459 - Administration, protection, and development

1 See References in Text note below.

as amended and supplemented, except that any other statutory authority available to the Secretary for the conservation management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of sections 459j to 459j–8 of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Puspan. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, referred to in subsec. (span), consists of sections 4 and 5 of Puspan. L. 89–669, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 927, and is classified to sections 668dd, 668ee of this title. For further details, see Short Title note set out under section 668dd of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Clothing-Optional Areas Prohibited

Puspan. L. 108–108, title I, § 126, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1269, provided that:

“None of the funds made available in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary to county ordinance.”

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 108–7, div. F, title I, § 128, Fespan. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 242.

Puspan. L. 107–63, title III, § 313, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 467.

Puspan. L. 106–291, title III, § 316, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 989.

Puspan. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 317], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–192.

Puspan. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 318], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–289.

Puspan. L. 105–83, title III, § 328, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1600.