16 USC 410 - Establishment; administration, protection, and development; utilization of other authorities; boundary description, availability for public inspection

1 See Change of Name note below.

The Secretary shall administer, protect, and develop the national river in accordance with the provisions of the Act of

2 See References in Text note below.

as amended and supplemented; except that any other statutory authority available to the Secretary for the preservation and management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of this subchapter. The boundaries of the national river shall be as generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Proposed New River Gorge National River” numbered NERI 80,034, dated May 2001, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), referred to in text, 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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and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.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 460m–15 of this title.

Amendments

2002—Puspan. L. 107–356 substituted “NERI 80,034, dated May 2001” for “NERI–80,028A, dated March 1996”.

1996—Puspan. L. 104–333 substituted “NERI–80,028A, dated March 1996” for “NERI–80,023, dated January 1987”.

1988—Puspan. L. 100–534 substituted “NERI–80,023, dated January 1987” for “NERI–20,002, dated July 1978”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

New River Gorge National River redesignated New River Gorge National Park and Preserve by Puspan. L. 116–260, div. FF, title II, § 202, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3089, which is classified to section 410eeee of this title.