§ 17k. — Park, parkway and recreationalarea programs; study by National Park Service; consent of States; purpose; cooperation of government agencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC17k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 17k. Park, parkway and recreational-area programs; study by
National Park Service; consent of States; purpose; cooperation
of government agencies
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
``Secretary'') is authorized and directed to cause the National Park
Service to make a comprehensive study, other than on lands under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, of the public park,
parkway, and recreational-area programs of the United States, and of the
several States and political subdivisions thereof, and of the lands
throughout the United States which are or may be chiefly valuable as
such areas, but no such study shall be made in any State without the
consent and approval of the State officials, boards, or departments
having jurisdiction over such lands and park areas. The said study shall
be such as, in the judgment of the Secretary, will provide data helpful
in developing a plan for coordinated and adequate public park, parkway,
and recreational-area facilities for the people of the United States. In
making the said study and in accomplishing any of the purposes of this
section and sections 17l to 17n of this title, the Secretary is
authorized and directed, through the National Park Service, to seek and
accept the cooperation and assistance of Federal departments or agencies
having jurisdiction of lands belonging to the United States, and may
cooperate and make agreements with and seek and accept the assistance of
other Federal agencies and instrumentalities, and of States and
political subdivisions thereof and the agencies and instrumentalities of
either of them.
(June 23, 1936, ch. 735, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1894.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
Pub. L. 85-470, June 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 238, as amended by Pub. L.
86-6, Mar. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 14; Pub. L. 87-12, Mar. 29, 1961, 75 Stat.
19, created a bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission.
The Commission was directed to proceed as soon as practicable to set
in motion a nationwide inventory and evaluation of outdoor recreation
resources and opportunities, directly and through the Federal agencies,
the States, and private organizations and groups, utilizing to the
fullest extent possible such studies, data, and reports previously
prepared or concurrently in process by Federal agencies, States, private
organizations, groups, and others, and to compile such data and in the
light of the data so compiled and of information available concerning
trends in population, leisure, transportation, and other factors shall
determine the amount, kind, quality, and location of such outdoor
recreation resources and opportunities as will be required by the year
1976 and the year 2000, and shall recommend what policies should best be
adopted and what programs be initiated, at each level of government and
by private organizations and other citizen groups and interests, to meet
such future requirements.
The Commission was required to present not later than January 31,
1962, a report of its review, a compilation of its data, and its
recommendations on a State by State, region by region, and national
basis to the President and to the Congress, and ceased to exist not
later than September 1, 1962.
Outdoor Recreation Programs
Coordination and development of programs relating to outdoor
recreation, see sections 460l to 460l-3 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 17n of this title.
