§ 459r. — Disposition of recreational demonstration projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459r]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV--RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Sec. 459r. Disposition of recreational demonstration projects
Except as provided in section 459s of this title, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized, with the approval of the President, to
convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions thereof,
without consideration, any or all of the recreational demonstration
projects and lands, improvements, and equipment comprised within such
projects transferred to him by Executive Order Numbered 7496, dated
November 14, 1936, or any parts of such projects, when in his judgment
such grantees or lessees are adequately prepared to administer, operate,
and maintain such project areas for public park, recreational, and
conservation purposes, or he may, with the approval of the President,
transfer to other Federal agencies any of the aforesaid recreational
demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.
(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 326.)
Delegation of Functions
For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in
President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12, 1958, 23
F.R. 973, set out as a note under section 715j of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade.
Silver Creek Project
Act July 30, 1947, ch. 351, 61 Stat. 519, provided: ``That, in order
to carry out the purposes of the act of June 6, 1942 [56 Stat. 326;
sections 459r to 459t of this title], relating to the disposition of
recreational demonstration areas, and to effectuate the transfer to the
State of Oregon, pursuant to that act, of the Silver Creek recreational
demonstration project, the following-described revested Oregon and
California Railroad grant lands shall hereafter be administered as a
part of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be
subject to all of the provisions of the aforesaid Act of June 6, 1942:
``willamette meridian
``Township 8 south, range 1 east:
``Section 13, east half southeast quarter and southeast
quarter northeast quarter;
``Section 25, all;
``Section 35, north half northeast quarter northeast quarter
and north half south half northeast quarter northeast quarter;
``Township 8 south, range 2 east:
``Section 17, south half southwest quarter and northwest
quarter southwest quarter;
``Section 19, lots 3, 4, and northeast quarter;
``Section 29, west half; and
``Section 31, north half;
comprising one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and ninety-three
one-hundredths acres.
``Sec. 2. The following-described lands also shall become a part of
the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be subject
to the provisions of the act of June 6, 1942, upon acquisition of title
thereto by the Oregon and California Revested Lands Administration:
``willamette meridian
``Township 8 south, range 1 east: Section 36, northeast quarter,
northeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter
northwest quarter, north half south half southeast quarter northwest
quarter, north half northwest quarter northwest quarter, and north half
south half northwest quarter northwest quarter; comprising two hundred
and sixty acres.''
Ex. Ord. No. 7496. Transfer of Recreational Demonstration Projects
Ex. Ord. No. 7496, Nov. 14, 1936, 1 F.R. 1946, provided:
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title II
of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200) (title 15,
sections 701 to 712), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49
Stat. 115), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public,
No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) I hereby order as
follows:
1. There is transferred from the Resettlement Administration to the
Secretary of the Interior (a) all the real and personal property or any
interest therein, together with all contracts, options, rights and
interests, books, papers, memoranda, records, etc., acquired by the
Resettlement Administration in connection with the recreational
demonstration projects set forth in the attached schedule with funds
appropriated or made available to carry out the provisions of the
National Industrial Recovery Act by the Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal
year 1933 (48 Stat. 274, 275), and by the Emergency Appropriation Act,
fiscal year 1935 (48 Stat. 1055), and with funds appropriated by the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and by the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public No. 739, 74th
Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) and (b) all personnel, whether in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere, now employed in connection with the
acquisition of land for those recreational demonstration projects,
together with all administration personnel records pertaining to the
employees transferred, and to those employees engaged in development
activities as of July 31, 1936, who were released by the Resettlement
Administration on that date to permit the Department of the Interior to
enter them on its rolls as of August 1.
2. There is transferred and allocated to the Secretary of the
Interior all balances of appropriations heretofore made available to or
allotted for expenditure by the Resettlement Administration both for
acquiring land for the recreational demonstration projects set forth in
the attached schedule and for developing those projects, under the said
National Industrial Recovery Act, Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year
1933, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935, and Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of
1936, to be used for the purposes for which such funds were made
available or allotted to the Resettlement Administration. The Secretary
of the Interior shall assume all outstanding obligations, commitments,
and encumbrances heretofore incurred by the Resettlement Administration
in connection with the said projects.
3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, through the National
Park Service, to complete and administer the projects transferred to him
by this Executive Order and to exercise with respect to any real or
personal property or any interest therein, contracts, options, rights
and interests, books, papers, memoranda, and records acquired in
connection with such projects, all the powers and functions given to the
Resettlement Administration in connection therewith by Executive Orders
Nos. 7027 and 7028 of April 30, 1935, and April 30, 1935, respectively.
4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
administrative functions transferred and delegated to him by this
Executive Order.
Schedule of Recreational Demonstration Projects
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OP No. RA No. Name
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65-11-24............... LD-ME-2............... Camden Hills
56-143................. LP-ME-2............... Camden Hills
65-11-25............... LD-ME-3............... Acadia
56-144................. LP-ME-3............... Acadia
65-25-340.............. LD-MD-4............... Catoctin
56-147................. LP-MD-4............... Catoctin
65-13-145.............. LD-NH-1............... Bear Brook
56-183................. LP-NH-1............... Bear Brook
65-23-3466............. LD-PA-6............... Racoon Creek
56-232................. LP-PA-6............... Racoon Creek
65-23-3467............. LD-PA-7............... French Creek
56-233................. LP-PA-7............... French Creek
65-23-3468............. LD-PA-8............... Laurel Hill
56-234................. LP-PA-8............... Laurel Hill
65-23-3469............. LD-PA-11.............. Blue Knob
56-235................. LP-PA-11.............. Blue Knob
65-23-3470............. LD-PA-12.............. Hickory Run
56-236................. LP-PA-12.............. Hickory Run
65-16-365.............. LD-RI-2............... Beach Pond
56-238................. LP-RI-2............... Beach Pond
65-51-3019............. LD-MI-4............... Waterloo
56-152................. LP-MI-4............... Waterloo
65-51-3020............. LD-MI-6............... Yankee Springs
56-153................. LP-MI-6............... Yankee Springs
65-71-4637............. LD-MN-7............... St. Croix
56-160................. LP-MN-7............... St. Croix
65-54-1683............. LD-IL-5............... Pere Marquette
56-126................. LP-IL-5............... Pere Marquette
65-52-2067............. LD-IN-5............... Versailles
56-129................. LP-IN-5............... Versailles
65-52-2068............. LD-IN-6............... Winemac
56-130................. LP-IN-6............... Winemac
65-55-2838............. LD-MO-6............... Lake of the Ozarks
56-167................. LP-MO-6............... Lake of the Ozarks
65-55-2839............. LD-MO-7............... Cuivre River
56-168................. LP-MO-7............... Cuivre River
65-55-2840............. LD-MO-8............... Montserrat
56-169................. LP-MO-8............... Montserrat
65-43-1491............. LD-KY-4............... Otter Creek
56-136................. LP-KY-4............... Otter Creek
65-32-1133............. LD-NC-8............... Crabtree Creek
56-203................. LP-NC-8............... Crabtree Creek
65-32-1134............. LD-NC-11.............. Appalachian National
Parkway (Blue Ridge
Parkway)
56-204................. LP-NC-11.............. Appalachian National
Parkway (Blue Ridge
Parkway)
65-44-1315............. LD-TN-11.............. Montgomery Bell
56-266................. LP-TN-11.............. Montgomery Bell
65-44-1316............. LD-TN-12.............. Shelby Forest Park
56-267................. LP-TN-12.............. Shelby Forest Park
65-44-1317............. LD-TN-13.............. Falls Creek Falls
56-268................. LP-TN-13.............. Falls Creek Falls
65-31-1155............. LD-VA-5............... Swift Creek
56-277................. LP-VA-5............... Swift Creek
65-31-1156............. LD-VA-6............... Chopawamsic
56-278................. LP-VA-6............... Chopawamsic
65-31-1158............. LD-VA-7............... Shenandoah National
Park
56-279................. LP-VA-7............... Shenandoah National
Park
65-31-1516............. LD-VA-8............... Appalachian National
Park
56-280................. LP-VA-8............... Appalachian National
Park
65-31-1157............. LD-VA-9............... Bull Run
56-281................. LP-VA-9............... Bull Run
65-31-1159............. LD-VA-13.............. Waysides
56-282................. LP-VA-13.............. Waysides
65-61-1184............. LD-AL-11.............. Oak Mountain
56-96.................. LP-AL-11.............. Oak Mountain
65-34-3167............. LD-GA-9............... Hard Labor Creek
56-120................. LP-GA-9............... Hard Labor Creek
65-34-3168............. LD-GA-11.............. Alex Stephens Memorial
56-121................. LP-GA-11.............. Alex Stephens Memorial
65-34-3169............. LD-GA-12.............. Pine Mountain
56-122................. LP-GA-12.............. Pine Mountain
65-33-1838............. LD-SC-7............... Cheraw
56-243................. LP-SC-7............... Cheraw
65-33-1839............. LD-SC-8............... Kings Mountain
56-244................. LP-SC-8............... Kings Mountain
65-33-1840............. LD-SC-12.............. Waysides
56-245................. LP-SC-12.............. Waysides
65-73-221.............. LD-ND-12.............. Roosevelt Park
56-216................. LP-ND-12.............. Roosevelt Park
65-74-1475............. LD-SD-14.............. Badlands
56-259................. LP-SD-14.............. Badlands
65-74-1476............. LD-SD-15.............. Custer Park
56-260................. LP-SD-15.............. Custer Park
65-65-695.............. LD-OK-9............... Lake Murray
56-225................. LP-OK-9............... Lake Murray
65-03-1801............. LD-CF-5............... Mendocino Woodlands
56-104................. LP-CF-5............... Mendocino Woodlands
65-83-245.............. LD-WY-2............... Lake Guernsey
56-297................. LP-WY-2............... Lake Guernsey
65-94-677.............. LD-OR-4............... Silver Creek
56-299................. LP-OR-4............... Silver Creek
65-85-932.............. LD-NM-14.............. White Sands
56-197................. LP-NM-14.............. White Sands
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Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459t, 459u of this title.
