§ 1a-7. — National Park System development program.
[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-7]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 1a-7. National Park System development program
(a) Omitted
(b) General management plans; preparation and revision by Director of
National Park Service; list to Congress; contents
General management plans for the preservation and use of each unit
of the National Park System, including areas within the national capital
area, shall be prepared and revised in a timely manner by the Director
of the National Park Service. On January 1 of each year, the Secretary
shall submit to the Congress a list indicating the current status of
completion or revision of general management plans for each unit of the
National Park System. General management plans for each unit shall
include, but not be limited to:
(1) measures for the preservation of the area's resources;
(2) indications of types and general intensities of development
(including visitor circulation and transportation patterns, systems
and modes) associated with public enjoyment and use of the area,
including general locations, timing of implementation, and
anticipated costs;
(3) identification of and implementation commitments for visitor
carrying capacities for all areas of the unit; and
(4) indications of potential modifications to the external
boundaries of the unit, and the reasons therefor.
(Pub. L. 91-383, Sec. 12, as added Pub. L. 94-458, Sec. 2, Oct. 7, 1976,
90 Stat. 1942; amended Pub. L. 95-625, title VI, Sec. 604(3), (4), Nov.
10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3518, 3519; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(c), Nov. 2, 1994,
108 Stat. 4583; Pub. L. 105-391, title IV, Sec. 415(b)(2), Nov. 13,
1998, 112 Stat. 3515.)
Codification
Subsection (a), which required the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a
detailed program for the development of facilities, structures, or
buildings for each unit of the National Park System consistent with the
general management plans required in subsection (b) of this section,
terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L.
104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31,
Money and Finance. See, also, page 110 of House Document No. 103-7.
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-391 struck out subsec. (c) which read
as follows: ``The Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter transmit to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives all
proposed awards of concession leases and contracts involving a gross
annual business of $100,000 or more, or of five years or more in
duration (including renewals thereof), and all proposed rules and
regulations relating thereto, sixty days before such awards are made or
such rules and regulations are promulgated.''
1994--Subsecs. (a), (c). 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''.
1978--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-625, Sec. 604(3), in revising text,
substituted provisions for preservation and use of units of the National
Park Service for prior provision for development of the units and for
submission of an annual list to Congress on January 1 for prior
provision for transmission of the plans to the Committees on Interior
and Insular Affairs, provided for revision of the plans in a timely
manner, inserted items (1) to (4) and struck out prior items covering
(1) the facilities which the Director found necessary to accommodate the
health, safety, and recreation needs of the visiting public, including
provision of appropriate facilities under Act Oct. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 969
[Pub. L. 89-249]; (2) the location and estimated cost of all the
facilities; and (3) the projected need for any additional facilities
required for the unit.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-625, Sec. 604(4), substituted ``or of five
years or more'' for ``or exceeding five years''.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b) of this section relating to submitting to Congress, on January 1
each year, a list indicating the current status of general management
plans, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note
under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 110 of House
Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 284h, 410ff-3, 410gg-4,
410ii-5, 410oo-3, 410qq-2, 410ww-2, 410yy-5, 410ddd, 410ggg-1 of this
title.
