§ 1a-3. — Legislative jurisdiction; relinquishment by Secretary; submittal of proposed agreement to Congressional committees; concurrent legislative jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1a-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 1a-3. Legislative jurisdiction; relinquishment by
Secretary; submittal of proposed agreement to Congressional
committees; concurrent legislative jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Interior may relinquish to a State, or to a Commonwealth, territory, or
possession of the United States, part of the legislative jurisdiction of
the United States over National Park System lands or interests therein
in that State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession: Provided, That
prior to consummating any such relinquishment, the Secretary shall
submit the proposed agreement to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives, and shall not finalize such agreement until
sixty calendar days after such submission shall have elapsed.
Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction under this section may be
accomplished (1) by filing with the Governor (or, if none exists, with
the chief executive officer) of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or
possession concerned a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon
acceptance thereof, or (2) as the laws of the State, Commonwealth,
territory, or possession may otherwise provide. The Secretary shall
diligently pursue the consummation of arrangements with each State,
Commonwealth, territory, or possession within which a unit of the
National Park System is located to the end that insofar as practicable
the United States shall exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction
within units of the National Park System.
(Pub. L. 91-383, Sec. 6, as added Pub. L. 94-458, Sec. 2, Oct. 7, 1976,
90 Stat. 1939; amended Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108
Stat. 4583.)
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 the United States Congress''.
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.
