§ 450ii-3. — Survey and report of mineral value.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC450ii-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450ii-3. Survey and report of mineral value
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, through
the United States Bureau of Mines, the United States Geological Survey,
and the National Park Service, to cause a survey to be made of the area
within the revised boundaries of the Joshua Tree National Monument with
a view to determining to what extent the said area is more valuable for
minerals than for the National Monument purposes for which it was
created. Report of said survey shall be filed with the President of the
United States Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on
or before February 1, 1951.
(Sept. 25, 1950, ch. 1030, Sec. 4, 64 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 102-154, title
I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18,
1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
Change of Name
``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a
note under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
``United States Geological Survey'' substituted in text for
``Geological Survey'' pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102-
154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Abolition of Joshua Tree National Monument
Joshua Tree National Monument abolished and incorporated in Joshua
Tree National Park, see section 410aaa-22 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 450ii-1, 450ii-2 of this
title.
