§ 1b. — Secretary of the Interior's authorization of additional activities; administration of National Park System.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 1b. Secretary of the Interior's authorization of additional
activities; administration of National Park System
In order to facilitate the administration of the National Park
System, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to carry out the
following activities, and he may use applicable appropriations for the
aforesaid system for the following purposes:
(1) Emergency assistance
Rendering of emergency rescue, fire fighting, and cooperative
assistance to nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies
and for related purposes outside of the National Park System.
(2) Utility facilities; erection and maintenance
The erection and maintenance of fire protection facilities,
water lines, telephone lines, electric lines, and other utility
facilities adjacent to any area of the said National Park System,
where necessary, to provide service in such area.
(3) Transportation of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National
Park; rates
Transportation to and from work, outside of regular working
hours, of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, residing in
or near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, such transportation to be
between the park and the city, or intervening points, at reasonable
rates to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior taking into
consideration, among other factors, comparable rates charged by
transportation companies in the locality for similar services, the
amounts collected for such transportation to be credited to the
appropriation current at the time payment is received: Provided,
That if adequate transportation facilities are available, or shall
be available by any common carrier, at reasonable rates, then and in
that event the facilities contemplated by this paragraph shall not
be offered.
(4) Utility services for concessioners; reimbursement
Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types
of utility services to concessioners, contractors, permittees, or
other users of such services, within the National Park System:
Provided, That reimbursements for cost of such utility services may
be credited to the appropriation current at the time reimbursements
are received.
(5) Supplies and rental of equipment; reimbursement
Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, supplies,
and the rental of equipment to persons and agencies that in
cooperation with, and subject to the approval of, the Secretary of
the Interior, render services or perform functions that facilitate
or supplement the activities of the Department of the Interior in
the administration of the National Park System: Provided, That
reimbursements hereunder may be credited to the appropriation
current at the time reimbursements are received.
(6) Contracts for utility facilities
Contracting, under such terms and conditions as the said
Secretary considers to be in the interest of the Federal Government,
for the sale, operation, maintenance, repair, or relocation of
Government-owned electric and telephone lines and other utility
facilities used for the administration and protection of the
National Park System, regardless of whether such lines and
facilities are located within or outside said system and areas.
(7) Rights-of-way
Acquiring such rights-of-way as may be necessary to construct,
improve, and maintain roads within the authorized boundaries of any
area of said National Park System and the acquisition also of land
and interests in land adjacent to such rights-of-way, when deemed
necessary by the Secretary, to provide adequate protection of
natural features or to avoid traffic and other hazards resulting
from private road access connections, or when the acquisition of
adjacent residual tracts, which otherwise would remain after
acquiring such rights-of-way, would be in the public interest.
(8) Operation and maintenance of motor and other equipment;
rent of equipment; reimbursement
The operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of motor and
other equipment on a reimbursable basis when such equipment is used
on Federal projects of the said National Park System, chargeable to
other appropriations, or on work of other Federal agencies, when
requested by such agencies. Reimbursement shall be made from
appropriations applicable to the work on which the equipment is used
at rental rates established by the Secretary, based on actual or
estimated cost of operation, repair, maintenance, depreciation, and
equipment management control and credited to appropriations
currently available at the time adjustment is effected, and the
Secretary may also rent equipment for fire control purposes to
State, county, private, or other non-Federal agencies that cooperate
with the Secretary in the administration of the said National Park
System and other areas in fire control, such rental to be under the
terms of written cooperative agreements, the amount collected for
such rentals to be credited to appropriations currently available at
the time payment is received.
(Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 384, Sec. 1, 67 Stat. 495; Pub. L. 91-383, Sec. 2(a),
Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826.)
Amendments
1970--Pub. L. 91-383 struck out ``and miscellaneous areas
administered in connection therewith'' after ``National Park System''
and ``and miscellaneous areas'' after ``aforesaid system'' in
introductory text and ``National Park System'' in pars. (1), (2), (4) to
(7), and (8) where first appearing.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1c, 459b-6, 459c-6 of this
title.
