§ 459j-1. — Acquisition of property; donation and development of State lands; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary; written cooperative agreement with National Aeronautics and Space Administration; construction and development; report to Congressional committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459j-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459j-1. Acquisition of property; donation and development
of State lands; transfer from Federal agency to administrative
jurisdiction of Secretary; written cooperative agreement with
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; construction and
development; report to Congressional committees
Within the boundaries of the seashore, the Secretary may acquire
lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated
or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer. Any property owned by the
State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired
only by donation. It is the intent and purpose of sections 459j to 459j-
8 of this title that the Secretary shall have sole authority to develop
and improve those State owned lands donated now and in the future in
accordance with the intent and purposes of sections 459j to 459j-8 of
this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any federally
owned property within the boundaries of the seashore may, with the
concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without
consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior and he may develop and administer such lands in a manner
consistent with the purposes of sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title.
In accepting lands transferred by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration pursuant to sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title the
Secretary shall enter into a written cooperative agreement with the
Administrator to assure the use of such lands in a manner which is
deemed consistent with the public safety and with the needs of the space
and defense programs of the Nation: Provided, That no new construction
or development shall be permitted within the seashore, except for the
construction of such facilities as the Secretary deems necessary for the
health and safety of the visiting public or for the proper
administration of the seashore: Provided further, That after January 3,
1975, the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
shall submit to the Committees on Natural Resources and on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and to the
Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report of all land transfers made by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the Department of the
Interior under sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title.
(Pub. L. 93-626, Sec. 2, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2122; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(o), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586.)
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources and on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and to
the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate'' for ``Interior and Insular Affairs of
the Congress and to the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee on Aeronautical and Space
Sciences of the Senate''.
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.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2.
Additions to Seashore
Pub. L. 100-564, Secs. 1, 3, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2831,
authorized and directed the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain
lands depicted on a map entitled ``Additions to Canaveral National
Seashore'', required the Secretary to file the map with certain
Congressional committees, and authorized appropriations necessary to
carry out such acquisitions.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459j-2, 459j-4, 459j-5,
459j-6, 459j-8 of this title.
