2014—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 113–287 substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965”.

1978—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 95–625 provided for notification of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and publication of any application in the Federal Register; made it an expense of the United States for administration and management of federally owned lands; treated amounts available to the States under provisions of law not as an expense of the United States; and made federally owned lands within boundaries of State rivers free of ownership or administration of State or local authority.

1976—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 94–407 inserted provision for inclusion of specified segment of New River in North Carolina.