§ 404b. — Administration, protection, and development; Federal Power Act inapplicable; minimum area.
[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]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 404b. Administration, protection, and development; Federal
Power Act inapplicable; minimum area
The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid
park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended: Provided, That the
provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] shall not
apply to this park: And provided further, That the minimum area to be
administered and protected by the National Park Service shall be, for
the said Mammoth Cave National Park, twenty thousand acres: Provided
further, That no general development of said area shall be undertaken
until a major portion of the remainder in such area, including all the
caves thereof, shall have been accepted by said Secretary, and he shall
have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves.
(May 25, 1926, ch. 382, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 636; May 14, 1934, ch. 282,
Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 775.)
References in Text
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the
``Act approved June 10, 1920, known as the Federal Water Power Act,''
and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this
title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat.
1063, as amended, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 791a
et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1934--Act May 14, 1934, inserted ``and he shall have established a
schedule of fees for admission to such caves,'' and changed phrase
``including all the caves thereof'' to its present position instead of
following ``twenty thousand acres''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 404b-1, 404c-11 of this
title.
