§ 459c-1. — Description of 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: 16USC459c-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459c-1. Description of area
(a) Boundary map; availability; publication in Federal Register
The Point Reyes National Seashore shall consist of the lands,
waters, and submerged lands generally depicted on the map entitled
``Boundary Map, Point Reyes National Seashore'', numbered 612-80,008-E
and dated May 1978, plus those areas depicted on the map entitled
``Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments, dated October 25, 1979''.
The map referred to in this section shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the Offices of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia. After
advising the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the United States Senate in writing, the Secretary may make minor
revisions of the boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore when
necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary
description in the Federal Register.
(b) Bear Valley Ranch right-of-way
The area referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall also
include a right-of-way to the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of
the northwesterly portion of the property known as ``Bear Valley
Ranch'', to be selected by the Secretary, of not more than four hundred
feet in width, together with such adjoining lands as would be deprived
of access by reason of the acquisition of such right-of-way.
(Pub. L. 87-657, Sec. 2, Sept. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 538; Pub. L. 89-666,
Sec. 1(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 919; Pub. L. 93-550, title II,
Sec. 201, Dec. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1744; Pub. L. 95-625, title III,
Sec. 318(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3486; Pub. L. 96-199, title I,
Sec. 101(a)(1), Mar. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(d)(16), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-199 inserted ``, plus those areas
depicted on the map entitled `Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments, dated
October 25, 1979' '' after ``dated May 1978''.
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-625 substituted as a description of
the area the lands generally depicted on Boundary Map numbered 612-
80,008-E and dated May 1978 for prior such depiction on Boundary Map
numbered 612-80,008-B, and dated August 1974; included submerged lands
in the description; made the map specifically available in the
Washington, District of Columbia, Office; and authorized minor revisions
of boundaries and publication thereof in the Federal Register after
advising Congressional committees.
1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-550 substituted as a boundary
description Boundary Map No. 612-80,008-B, and dated August 1974, on
file in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior, for a boundary map designated NS-PR-7001, dated June 1, 1960,
on file with the Director of the National Park Service, Washington,
D.C., and all measurements relating thereto.
1966--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-666 inserted ``to the aforesaid tract
in the general vicinity of the northwesterly portion of the property
known as `Bear Valley Ranch' '' after ``right-of-way'', struck out
``from the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Haggerty
Gulch'' after ``aforesaid tract'' and included such adjoining lands as
would be deprived of access by reason of the right-of-way.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459c, 459c-2, 459c-4, 459c-
5, 459c-6, 459c-6b, 459c-7 of this title.
