§ 3196. — Administrative sites and visitor facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3196]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 3196. Administrative sites and visitor facilities
(a) Establishment
In conformity with the conservation and management plans prepared
for each unit and the purposes of assuring the preservation, protection,
and proper management of any conservation system unit, the Secretary may
establish sites and visitor facilities--
(1) within the unit, if compatible with the purposes for which
the unit is established, expanded, or designated by this Act, and
the other provisions of this Act, or
(2) outside the boundaries of, and in the vicinity of, the unit.
To the extent practicable and desirable, the Secretary shall attempt to
locate such sites and facilities on Native lands in the vicinity of the
unit.
(b) Authorities of Secretary
For the purpose of establishing administrative sites and visitor
facilities under subsection (a) of this section--
(1) the Secretary and the head of the Federal agency having
primary authority over the administration of any Federal land which
the Secretary determines is suitable for use in carrying out such
purpose may enter into agreements permitting the Secretary to use
such land for such purposes;
(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary,
under such terms and conditions as he determines are reasonable, may
lease or acquire by purchase, donation, exchange, or any other
method (except condemnation) real property (other than Federal
land), office space, housing, and other necessary facilities which
the Secretary determines to be suitable for carrying out such
purposes; and
(3) the Secretary may construct, operate, and maintain such
permanent and temporary buildings and facilities as he deems
appropriate on land which is within, or in the vicinity of, any
conservation system unit and with respect to which the Secretary has
acquired authority under this subsection to use the property for the
purpose of establishing an administrative site or visitor facility
under subsection (a) of this section, except that the Secretary may
not begin construction of buildings and facilities on land not owned
by the United States until the owner of such land has entered into
an agreement with the Secretary, the terms of which assure the
continued use of such buildings and facilities in furtherance of the
purposes of this Act.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1306, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2479.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(3), is Pub. L. 96-
487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of
this title and Tables.
