§ 460ww. — 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: 16USC460ww]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CVIII--GAULEY RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460ww. Establishment
(a) In general
In order to protect and preserve the scenic, recreational,
geological, and fish and wildlife resources of the Gauley River and its
tributary, the Meadow River, there is hereby established the Gauley
River National Recreation Area (hereinafter in this Act referrred \1\ to
as the ``recreation area'').
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\1\ So in original. Should be ``referred''.
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(b) Area included
The recreation area shall consist of the land, waters, and interests
therein generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ``Gauley River
National Recreation Area'', numbered NRA-GR/20,000A and dated July 1987
and on the boundary map depicting the Meadow River, numbered WSR-MEA/
20,000A and dated July 1988. The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
(c) Boundary modifications
Within five years after October 26, 1988, the Secretary of the
Interior (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the
United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report containing
any boundary modifications which the Secretary recommends, together with
the reasons therefor.
(Pub. L. 100-534, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2702;
Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(d)(21), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 100-534, Oct. 26,
1988, 102 Stat. 2699, known as the West Virginia National Interest River
Conservation Act of 1987, which enacted this subchapter and sections
460m-26 to 460m-29 of this title, amended sections 460m-15 and 1274 of
this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 460m-
15 and 1274 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out under section
460m-15 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460ww-4 of this title.
