§ 459j-6. — Transfer of lands for use as administrative and visitor facilities to Secretary of the Interior; use of portion of John F. Kennedy Space Center; transfer of excess land within seashore to Secretary of the Interior.
[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-6]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459j-6. Transfer of lands for use as administrative and
visitor facilities to Secretary of the Interior; use of portion
of John F. Kennedy Space Center; transfer of excess land within
seashore to Secretary of the Interior
On January 3, 1975, those lands to be used for the administrative
and visitor facilities described in section 459j-4(c)(1) of this title
shall be transferred by sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title to the
Secretary of the Interior and those portions of the John F. Kennedy
Space Center falling within the boundaries of the seashore as defined in
section 459j of this title shall become a part of the seashore, and
within ninety days thereafter, the administrator, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, shall grant to the Secretary for carrying out
the intent and purpose of sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title such use
of said portions as the Administrator determines is not inconsistent
with public safety and the needs of the space and defense programs of
the Nation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any lands within
the seashore which the Administrator determines to be excess to the
needs of such agency shall be transferred to the Secretary of the
Interior for administration in accordance with the provisions of
sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title: Provided, That any portions of
the John F. Kennedy Space Center within the seashore not transferred to
the Secretary shall remain under the control and jurisdiction of the
Administrator.
(Pub. L. 93-626, Sec. 7, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2125.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459j-1, 459j-2, 459j-4,
459j-5, 459j-8 of this title.
