§ 12. — Aid to visitors in emergencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC12]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 12. Aid to visitors in emergencies
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to aid and assist
visitors within the national parks or national monuments in emergencies,
and when no other source is available for the procurement of food or
supplies, by the sale, at cost, of food or supplies in quantities
sufficient to enable them to reach safely a point where such food or
supplies can be purchased: Provided, That the receipts from such sales
shall be deposited as a refund to the appropriation or appropriations
current at the date of covering in of such deposit and shall be
available for the purchase of similar food or supplies.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 792, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 900.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1c of this title.
