§ 404b-2. — Eventual acquisition of Great Onyx and Crystal Caves; cooperation with State of Kentucky.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC404b-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 404b-2. Eventual acquisition of Great Onyx and Crystal
Caves; cooperation with State of Kentucky
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the
State of Kentucky for the purpose of arranging for the eventual
acquisition by the United States of the Great Onyx Cave and the Crystal
Cave within the authorized boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. The
Secretary shall deposit to the credit of a special receipt account that
portion of the annual admission, guide, and elevator fee receipts from
the said park which exceeds the annual amount available to the park for
management, guide, and protection purposes, which funds so deposited may
be expended thereafter in payment for the purchase of said cave
properties. The Secretary is further authorized to enter into such
contracts and agreements as he may determine to be necessary to
effectuate the acquisition of the cave properties as authorized herein.
(Mar. 27, 1954, ch. 114, 68 Stat. 36.)
