§ 460. — Natchez Trace Parkway.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV--NATIONAL PARKWAYS
Sec. 460. Natchez Trace Parkway
All lands and easements heretofore and hereafter conveyed to the
United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee for
the right-of-way for the projected parkway between Natchez, Mississippi,
and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired or to be acquired
for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for
said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all
bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding
a maximum of two hundred feet through Government-owned lands (except
that where small parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be
isolated, or where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are
such that bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and
landscape development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two
hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as may be
necessary, with the written approval of the department or agency having
jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps heretofore or
hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be known as
the Natchez Trace Parkway and shall be administered and maintained by
the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service, subject
to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, the
provisions of which sections, as amended and supplemented, are extended
over and made applicable to said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
the Interior, to connect with said parkway such roads and trails as may
be necessary for the protection, administration, or utilization of
adjacent and nearby national forests and the resources thereof: And
provided further, That the Forest Service and the National Park Service
shall, insofar as practicable, coordinate and correlate such
recreational developments as each may plan, construct, or permit to be
constructed, on lands within their respective jurisdictions, which, by
mutual agreement, should be given special treatment for recreational
purposes.
(May 18, 1938, ch. 251, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 407.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Functions of Administrator of General Services transferred to
Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949, Sec. 2, eff. Aug.
20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070, set out in the Appendix to Title
5.
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of Commerce and other
officers and offices of Department of Commerce relating generally to
highways under Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949 transferred to and vested in
Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(a)(1)(M), Oct. 15,
1966, 80 Stat. 938. Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949 was amended by section
2(b) of Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439, to reflect such
transfer.
Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof,
together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred to
Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30,
1949, ch. 288, title I, 63 Stat. 380. Both Federal Works Agency and
office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 103(b) of
that act. See text of, and Historical and Revision Notes under, section
303(b) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Effective Date of Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, as effective July 1,
1949, see section 605, formerly Sec. 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288,
63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b),
64 Stat. 583.
Adjustment of Boundary of Parkway
Pub. L. 106-527, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2515, provided that:
``SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
``In this Act:
``(1) Parkway.--The term `Parkway' means the Natchez Trace
Parkway, Mississippi.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
``SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND LAND ACQUISITION.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall adjust the boundary of the
Parkway to include approximately--
``(1) 150 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map
entitled `Alternative Alignments/Area', numbered 604-20062A and
dated May 1998; and
``(2) 80 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map
entitled `Emerald Mound Development Concept Plan', numbered 604-
20042E and dated August 1987.
``(b) Maps.--The maps referred to in subsection (a) shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the
National Park Service.
``(c) Acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire the land described in
subsection (a) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange (including exchange with the State of Mississippi, local
governments, and private persons).
``(d) Administration.--Land acquired under this section shall be
administered by the Secretary as part of the Parkway.
``SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF LEASING.
``The Secretary, acting through the Superintendent of the Parkway,
may lease land within the boundary of the Parkway to the city of
Natchez, Mississippi, for any purpose compatible with the Parkway.
``SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.''
Relocation of Portions of Parkway
Pub. L. 85-746, Aug. 25, 1958, 72 Stat. 839, provided: ``That the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into an agreement with
the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District which shall provide for the
district, upon terms and conditions which the Secretary determines are
in the public interest, to relocate those portions of sections 3-O and
3-N of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Madison County, Mississippi,
required in connection with the Pearl River Reservoir.
``Sec. 2. To cooperate in the relocation, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to transfer to the Pearl River Valley Water
Supply District the aforesaid portions of the existing Natchez Trace
Parkway lands and roadway in exchange for the contemporaneous transfer
to the United States of relocated parkway lands and roadway situated and
constructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement
authorized by the first section of this Act: Provided, That such
exchange shall be made on the basis of approximately equal values.
``Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept and
to use until expended without additional authority any funds provided by
the district for the purpose of this Act pursuant to agreement with the
Secretary of the Interior, and any such funds shall be placed in a
separate account in the Treasury which shall be available for such
purpose.''
Lands in French Camp
The Secretary of the Interior was authorized to relinquish or modify
certain restrictions upon the use of privately owned lands in the
village of French Camp along the Natchez Trace Parkway by act Jan. 7,
1941, ch. 939, 54 Stat. 1227.
