§ 160f. — Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC160f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XIX--VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 160f. Administration
(a) Authority of Secretary
Except as hereinafter provided, the Secretary shall administer the
lands acquired for the park, and after establishment shall administer
the park, in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4
of this title, as amended and supplemented.
(b) Preservation of area as a wilderness; study and report to President;
procedure for designation as a wilderness
Within four years from the date of establishment, the Secretary of
the Interior shall review the area within the Voyageurs National Park
and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections (c)
and (d) of section 1132 of this title, his recommendation as to the
suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the lakeshore for
preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a
wilderness may be accomplished in accordance with said subsections. The
President shall, no later than June 1, 1983, advise the United States
Senate and House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect
to the suitability or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within
the park.
(c) Mining and mineral activities and commercial water power development
within park boundaries
All mining and mineral activities and commercial water power
development within the boundaries of the park shall be prohibited, and
further, any conveyance from the State of Minnesota shall contain a
covenant that the State of Minnesota, its licensees, permittees,
lessees, assigns, or successors in interest shall not engage in or
permit any mining activity nor water power development.
(Pub. L. 91-661, Sec. 301, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1972; Pub. L. 97-405,
Sec. 1(3), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2029.)
Amendments
1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-405 inserted provision directing the
President to advise the Senate and House of Representatives no later
than June 1, 1983, of his recommendation with respect to the suitability
or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within the park.
