§ 460m-8. — 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: 16USC460m-8]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXI--BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER
Sec. 460m-8. Establishment
For the purposes of conserving and interpreting an area containing
unique scenic and scientific features, and preserving as a free-flowing
stream an important segment of the Buffalo River in Arkansas for the
benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, the Secretary
of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') may
establish and administer the Buffalo National River. The boundaries of
the national river shall be as generally depicted on the drawing
entitled ``Proposed Buffalo National River'' numbered NR-BUF-7103 and
dated December 1967, which shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of
the Interior. The Secretary is authorized to make minor revisions of the
boundaries of the national river when necessary, 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, but
the total acreage within such boundaries shall not exceed ninety-five
thousand seven hundred and thirty acres.
(Pub. L. 92-237, Sec. 1, Mar. 1, 1972, 86 Stat. 44; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(n)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586.)
Amendments
1994--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''.
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.
