§ 459h-4. — Administration of seashore; conservation and management of wildlife and natural resources; authority to designate areas as national historic sites; agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459h-4]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459h-4. Administration of seashore; conservation and
management of wildlife and natural resources; authority to
designate areas as national historic sites; agreements
(a) In general
Except as otherwise provided in sections 459h to 459h-10 of this
title, the Secretary shall administer the seashore in accordance with
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented. In
the administration of the seashore the Secretary may utilize such
statutory authorities available to him for the conservation and
management of wildlife natural resources as he deems appropriate to
carry out the purposes of sections 459h to 459h-10 of this title. With
respect to Fort Redoubt, Fort San Carlos, Fort Barrancas at Pensacola
Naval Air Station, Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, and Fort McRee on
Perdido Key, Florida, and Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island,
Mississippi, together with such adjacent lands as the Secretary may
designate, the Secretary shall administer such lands so as to recognize,
preserve, and interpret their national historical significance in
accordance with sections 461 to 467 of this title, and he may designate
them as national historic sites.
(b) Agreements
(1) In general
The Secretary may enter into agreements--
(A) with the State of Mississippi for the purposes of
managing resources and providing law enforcement assistance,
subject to authorization by State law, and emergency services on
or within any land on Cat Island and any water and submerged
land within the buffer zone; and
(B) with the owners of the approximately 150-acre parcel
depicted as the ``Boddie Family Tract'' on the Cat Island Map
concerning the development and use of the land.
(2) No authority to enforce certain regulations
Nothing in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to enforce
Federal regulations outside the land area within the designated
boundary of the seashore.
(Pub. L. 91-660, Sec. 5, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1968; Pub. L. 106-554,
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 137(d)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat.
2763, 2763A-232.)
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-554 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459h, 459h-1, 459h-2, 459h-
5, 459h-6, 459h-8, 459h-9 of this title.
