§ 410hhh-2. — Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410hhh-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-FF--GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE
Sec. 410hhh-2. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
(a) Establishment
When the Secretary determines that sufficient land having a
sufficient diversity of resources has been acquired to warrant
designation of the land as a national park, the Secretary shall
establish the Great Sand Dunes National Park in the State of Colorado,
as generally depicted on the map, as a unit of the National Park System.
Such establishment shall be effective upon publication of a notice of
the Secretary's determination in the Federal Register.
(b) Availability of map
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(c) Notification
Until the date on which the national park is established, the
Secretary shall annually notify the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives of--
(1) the estimate of the Secretary of the lands necessary to
achieve a sufficient diversity of resources to warrant designation
of the national park; and
(2) the progress of the Secretary in acquiring the necessary
lands.
(d) Abolishment of National Monument
(1) On the date of establishment of the national park pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section, the Great Sand Dunes National Monument
shall be abolished, and any funds made available for the purposes of the
national monument shall be available for the purposes of the national
park.
(2) Any reference in any law (other than this subchapter),
regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States
to ``Great Sand Dunes National Monument'' shall be considered a
reference to ``Great Sand Dunes National Park''.
(e) Transfer of jurisdiction
Administrative jurisdiction is transferred to the National Park
Service over any land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
Interior that--
(1) is depicted on the map as being within the boundaries of the
national park or the preserve; and
(2) is not under the administrative jurisdiction of the National
Park Service on November 22, 2000.
(Pub. L. 106-530, Sec. 4, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2529.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 410hhh-1 of this title.
