§ 160a. — Establishment; notice in Federal Register; donation of lands; acquisition by purchase of other lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC160a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XIX--VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 160a. Establishment; notice in Federal Register; donation
of lands; acquisition by purchase of other lands
In furtherance of the purpose of this subchapter, the Secretary of
the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') is
authorized to establish the Voyageurs National Park (hereinafter
referred to as the ``park'') in the State of Minnesota, by publication
of notice to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as the
Secretary deems sufficient interests in lands or waters have been
acquired for administration in accordance with the purposes of this
subchapter: Provided, That the Secretary shall not establish the park
until the lands owned by the State of Minnesota and any of its political
subdivisions within the boundaries shall have been donated to the
Secretary for the purposes of the park: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall not acquire other lands by purchase for the park prior
to such donation unless he finds that acquisition is necessary to
prevent irreparable changes in their uses or character of such a nature
as to make them unsuitable for park purposes and notifies the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives of such findings at
least thirty days prior to such acquisition.
(Pub. L. 91-661, Sec. 101, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1970; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(f), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4585.)
Codification
Section formerly consisted of sections 101 and 102 of Pub. L. 91-
661. Section 102 of Pub. L. 91-661 was substantially amended and
expanded by Pub. L. 97-405, Sec. 1(1), (2), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2028,
and as thus amended is set out as section 160a-1 of this title.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on Interior and Insular
Affairs of both the Senate and the House of Representatives''.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
