§ 160k. — Funding and other requirements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC160k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XIX--VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 160k. Funding and other requirements
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, not to exceed,
however, $38,314,000 for the acquisition of property, and not to exceed
$19,179,000 (June 1969 prices) for development, plus or minus such
amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations
in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices
applicable to the types of construction involved herein.
(b) Comprehensive plan for visitor use and overnight visitor facilities;
development, implementation, etc.; authorization of
appropriations
The Secretary shall, in cooperation with other Federal, State, and
local governmental entities and private entities experienced in the
fields of outdoor recreation and visitor services, develop and implement
a comprehensive plan for visitor use and overnight visitor facilities
for the park. The plan shall set forth methods of achieving an
appropriate level and type of visitation in order that the resources of
the park and its environs may be interpreted for, and used and enjoyed
by, the public in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the
park was established. Such plan may include appropriate informational
and educational messages and materials. In the development and
implementation of such plan the Secretary may expend funds donated or
appropriated for the purposes of this subsection. Effective October 1,
1983, there is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this
subsection not to exceed $250,000, to remain available until expended.
(c) Existing road access; study and report; authorization of
appropriations
The Secretary is directed to study existing road access to the park
and to report to Congress on the impact of park-related use of those
roads and to report specific recommendations on improvements necessary
to insure adequate road access to the park. The Secretary is directed to
report, within one year of the date of enactment of the Act which
appropriates funds authorized under this subsection, to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Effective
October 1, 1983, there is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes
of this subsection not to exceed $75,000.
(d) Statutory ceilings respecting appropriations
For purposes of section 460l-9(a)(3) of this title, the statutory
ceilings on appropriations established by this section shall be deemed
to be statutory ceilings contained in a provision of law enacted prior
to the convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress.
(Pub. L. 91-661, Sec. 401, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1973; Pub. L. 97-405,
Sec. 1(4), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2029.)
Amendments
1983--Pub. L. 97-405 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
substituted ``$38,314,000'' for ``$26,014,000'', and added subsecs. (b)
to (d).
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. 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.
