§ 698u-2. — Establishment of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC698u-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 698u-2. Establishment of Tallgrass Prairie National
Preserve
(a) In general
In order to provide for the preservation, restoration, and
interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of
Kansas, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations,
there is established the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
(b) Description
The Preserve shall consist of the lands and interests in land,
including approximately 10,894 acres, generally depicted on the map
entitled ``Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie National Monument''
numbered NM-TGP 80,000 and dated June 1994, more particularly described
in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. on June 3, 1994, with the Office of the
Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas, and recorded in Book L-106 at
pages 328 through 339, inclusive. In the case of any difference between
the map and the legal description, the legal description shall govern,
except that if, as a result of a survey, the Secretary determines that
there is a discrepancy with respect to the boundary of the Preserve that
may be corrected by making minor changes to the map, the Secretary shall
make changes to the map as appropriate, and the boundaries of the
Preserve shall be adjusted accordingly. The map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service of the Department of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title X, Sec. 1004, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.
4205; Pub. L. 106-176, title I, Sec. 122(2), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat.
29.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-176 substituted ``on June 3, 1994,''
for ``of June 3, 1994,''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 698u, 698u-1, 698u-3, 698u-
4, 698u-6, 698u-7 of this title.
