§ 460cc. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460cc]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXXVII--GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460cc. Establishment
In order to preserve and protect for the use and enjoyment of
present and future generations an area possessing outstanding natural
and recreational features, the Gateway National Recreation Area
(hereinafter referred to as the ``recreation area'') is hereby
established.
(a) Composition and boundaries
The recreation area shall comprise the following lands, waters,
marshes, and submerged lands in the New York Harbor area generally
depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, Gateway National Recreation
Area,'' numbered 951-40017 sheets 1 through 3 and dated May, 1972:
(1) Jamaica Bay Unit--including all islands, marshes, hassocks,
submerged lands, and waters in Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett Field, the
lands generally located between highway route 27A and Jamaica Bay,
and the area of Jamaica Bay up to the shoreline of John F. Kennedy
International Airport;
(2) Breezy Point Unit--the entire area between the eastern
boundary of Jacob Riis Park and the westernmost point of the
peninsula;
(3) Sandy Hook Unit--the entire area between Highway 36 Bridge
and the northernmost point of the peninsula;
(4) Staten Island Unit--including Great Kills Park, World War
Veterans Park at Miller Field (except for approximately 26 acres
which are to be made available for public school purposes), Fort
Wadsworth, and the waterfront lands located between the streets
designated as Cedar Grove Avenue, Seaside Boulevard, and Drury
Avenue and the bay from Great Kills to Fort Wadsworth;
(5) Hoffman and Swinburne Islands; and
(6) All submerged lands, islands, and waters within one-fourth
of a mile of the mean low water line of any waterfront area included
above.
(b) Boundary revisions: notification of Congressional committees;
publication in Federal Register
The map referred to in this section shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia. After
advising the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate in writing, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred
to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to make minor revisions of the
boundaries of the recreation area when necessary by publication of a
revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register.
(Pub. L. 92-592, Secs. 1, 3(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1308; Pub. L.
103-437, Sec. 6(n)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586; Pub. L. 106-132,
Sec. 1(2), Dec. 7, 1999, 113 Stat. 1681.)
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106-132 added Pub. L. 92-592,
Sec. 3(b)(2). See 1972 Amendment note below.
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate'' for ``Committees on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of
Representatives and the United States Senate''.
1972--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 92-592, Sec. 3(b)(2), as added by Pub.
L. 106-132, substituted ``World War Veterans Park at Miller Field'' for
``Miller Field''.
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.
DeKorte State Park; Protection and Use of; Study for Establishment as a
Unit of the National Park System and Administration as Unit of Gateway
National Recreation Area; Report to Congressional Committees;
Authorization of Appropriations
Pub. L. 96-442, Sec. 3, Oct. 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 1887, directed
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine appropriate
measures for protection, interpretation, and public use of natural
wetlands and undeveloped uplands of that portion of Hackensack
Meadowlands District identified as DeKorte State Park on official zoning
maps of that District, with Secretary to consult with and seek advice
of, representatives of interested local, State, and other Federal
agencies, to determine suitability and feasibility of establishing the
area as a unit of national park system, including its administration as
a unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, together with alternative
measures that could be undertaken to protect and interpret resources of
area for public, and not later than two complete fiscal years from Oct.
13, 1980, to transmit a report of the study, including estimated
development, operation, and maintenance costs of alternatives identified
therein, to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of House of Representatives,
together with his recommendations for such further legislation as may be
appropriate, and authorized to be appropriated from amounts previously
authorized to study lands for possible inclusion in national park system
not to exceed $150,000 to carry out provisions of this Act.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460cc-1 of this title.
