Federal

Title 16 — Conservation

5,095 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 460uu–13 — Information and interpretation
• § 460uu–14 — Markers
• § 460uu–2 — Management
• § 460uu–21 — Establishment; description of area
• § 460uu–22 — Management
• § 460uu–3 — Grazing permits
• § 460uu–31 — Designation; description of area
• § 460uu–32 — Management; provisions applicable
• § 460uu–41 — Management plans
• § 460uu–42 — Acquisition of lands and interests
• § 460uu–43 — State exchanges of lands and interests
• § 460uu–44 — Mineral exchanges
• § 460uu–45 — Acoma Pueblo exchanges
• § 460uu–46 — Exchanges and acquisitions generally; withdrawal
• § 460uu–47 — Access
• § 460uu–48 — Cooperative agreements with Federal, State and local public departments and agencies
• § 460uu–49 — Water rights
• § 460uu–50 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460uuu — Mount Hood National Recreation Area
• § 460v — Establishment
• § 460v–1 — Administration, protection, and development by Secretary of Agriculture; administration of land or waters for Colorado River storage project by Secretary of the Interior
• § 460v–2 — Boundaries; adjustments; publication in Federal Register
• § 460v–3 — Hunting, fishing, and trapping
• § 460v–4 — Lands withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under United States mining laws; removal of minerals; receipts, disposition
• § 460v–5 — Ashley National Forest; addition of lands of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
• § 460v–6 — Addition of lands to Forest; administration of land for Colorado River storage project by Secretary of the Interior
• § 460v–7 — Availability of land and water conservation fund moneys
• § 460v–8 — State and local jurisdiction
• § 460vv — Findings and purposes
• § 460vv–1 — Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System
• § 460vv–10 — Nomenclature
• § 460vv–11 — Timber management report
• § 460vv–12 — Advisory committee
• § 460vv–13 — Planning
• § 460vv–14 — Fire, insect, and disease
• § 460vv–15 — Grazing
• § 460vv–16 — Fishing and wildlife
• § 460vv–17 — Permits
• § 460vv–18 — Land acquisition
• § 460vv–19 — Acreages
• § 460vv–2 — Maps and descriptions
• § 460vv–3 — Administration
• § 460vv–4 — Wilderness review
• § 460vv–5 — Adjacent management
• § 460vv–6 — Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area
• § 460vv–7 — Botanical areas
• § 460vv–8 — Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area
• § 460vv–9 — Beech Creek National Scenic Area
• § 460vvv — Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area
• § 460w — Establishment; boundaries
• § 460w–1 — Boundaries not to include lands held in trust by United States for Red Cliff Band or Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; exceptions
• § 460w–2 — Acquisition of property; authority of Secretary; State and Federal lands
• § 460w–3 — Retention rights of owners of improved property
• § 460w–4 — Hunting, fishing, and trapping
• § 460w–5 — Administration, protection, and development of lakeshore by Secretary
• § 460w–6 — Land and water use management plan; adoption, implementation, and revision of plan by Secretary; required provisions of plan
• § 460w–7 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460ww — Establishment
• § 460ww–1 — Administration
• § 460ww–2 — Miscellaneous
• § 460ww–3 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460ww–4 — Special conditions
• § 460ww–5 — Advisory Committee
• § 460www — Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
• § 460x — Establishment
• § 460x–1 — Description of area
• § 460x–10 — Improved property
• § 460x–11 — Scenic roads
• § 460x–12 — Condemnation of commercial property
• § 460x–13 — Certificate of Secretary to interested person indicating prohibition from acquiring particular property by condemnation; contents
• § 460x–14 — Authorization of appropriations; adjustments
• § 460x–15 — Lakeshore wilderness report; administration
• § 460x–2 — Designation of lakeshore areas
• § 460x–3 — Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission
• § 460x–4 — Hunting and fishing; issuance of regulations
• § 460x–5 — Administration, protection, and development
• § 460x–6 — Taxing power
• § 460x–7 — Acquisition of property
• § 460x–8 — Zoning bylaws
• § 460x–9 — Right of retention of residential use in improved lands
• § 460xx — Establishment
• § 460xx–1 — Management
• § 460xx–2 — Management plan
• § 460xx–3 — Advisory Committee
• § 460xx–4 — Land acquisition
• § 460xx–5 — Report to Congress
• § 460xx–6 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460xxx — Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
• § 460y — Establishment; boundaries
• § 460y–1 — Management of lands
• § 460y–2 — Program of multiple usage and sustained yield of renewable natural resources; public and private assistance in preparation; provisions
• § 460y–3 — Procedure for establishment
• § 460y–4 — Authority of Secretary
• § 460y–5 — Applicability of mining laws; prospecting commenced or conducted and mining claims located subsequent to October 21, 1970 , as subject to regulations; patents issued on mining claims located subsequent to October 21, 1970 , as subject to regulations; provisions of regulations; rights of owner of existing valid mining claim as un­affected
• § 460y–6 — Administration of public lands within Area
• § 460y–7 — Withdrawal of certain public lands for classification; revocation of Executive Order Numbered 5237
• § 460y–8 — Survey and investigation area
• § 460y–9 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460yy — Establishment
• § 460yy–1 — Plan and management
• § 460yyy — Definitions
• § 460yyy–1 — Establishment of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area
• § 460yyy–2 — Management of the Conservation Area
• § 460yyy–3 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460z — Establishment
• § 460z–1 — Administration, protection, and development
• § 460z–10 — Advisory Council
• § 460z–11 — Area review; report to the President; wilderness designation
• § 460z–12 — Federal-State cooperation
• § 460z–13 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460z–2 — Inland sector; establishment as buffer sector
• § 460z–3 — Boundary map; revision
• § 460z–4 — Transfer of Federal property
• § 460z–5 — Land acquisition in inland sector
• § 460z–6 — Land acquisition in recreation area; donation and exchange; railway right-of-way; retention rights of owners of improved property
• § 460z–7 — Hunting, fishing, and trapping
• § 460z–8 — Mining restriction
• § 460z–9 — Water utilization; transportation of wastes; easements
• § 460zz — Findings and purposes
• § 460zz–1 — Establishment
• § 460zz–11 — Tri-Rivers Management Board
• § 460zz–2 — Mississippi River Coordinating Commission
• § 460zz–3 — Federal lands and developments
• § 460zz–4 — Administration
• § 460zz–5 — State and local assistance and jurisdiction
• § 460zz–6 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 460zzz — Definitions
• § 460zzz–1 — Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
• § 460zzz–2 — Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area
• § 460zzz–3 — Maps and legal descriptions
• § 460zzz–4 — Management of Conservation Area and Wilderness
• § 460zzz–5 — Management plan
• § 460zzz–6 — Advisory Council
• § 460zzz–7 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 461 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 462 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 463 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 464 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 465 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 466 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 467 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 467a — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–586, § 4(a)(1) , (b), Dec. 23, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3386
• § 467a–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–586, § 4(a)(1) , (b), Dec. 23, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3386
• § 467b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468d — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 468e — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(19) , June 29, 1960 , 74 Stat. 248
• § 469 — Omitted
• § 469a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469a–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469a–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469a–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469c–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469c–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469d — Ice Age National Scientific Reserve; statement of purpose
• § 469e — Plan for continental glaciation
• § 469f — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–483, § 1(1) , Oct. 21, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1083
• § 469g — Ice Age National Scientific Reserve; recommendations for Federal and State participation in financing public facilities and services
• § 469h — Comprehensive plan for Reserve Development
• § 469i — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–483, § 1(4) , Oct. 21, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1083
• § 469j — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469k — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VI, § 604(e)(1) , Nov. 12, 1996 , 110 Stat. 4173 ; Pub. L. 107–359, § 3(4)(A) , Dec. 17, 2002 , 116 Stat. 3016 ; Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469k–1 — Transferred or Repealed
• § 469l — Omitted or Transferred
• § 469l–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469l–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469l–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 469m — Repealed or Omitted
• § 469n — Preserve America Program
• § 469o — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 47 — Additional lands excluded from Yosemite National Park and added to Sierra National Forest
• § 47–1 — Administrative site for Yosemite National Park
• § 47–2 — Leases for employee housing, community facilities, administrative offices, maintenance facilities, and commercial services at or on administrative site
• § 47–3 — Use of proceeds; administration of leases
• § 47–4 — Agreements to effectuate leases
• § 47–5 — Regulations
• § 47–6 — Conflicts of interest prohibited
• § 470 — Transferred or Omitted
• § 470–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 4701 — Findings and purposes
• § 4702 — Definitions
• § 470a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 470a–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 470a–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 470aa — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 470aaa — Definitions
• § 470aaa–1 — Management
• § 470aaa–10 — Savings provisions
• § 470aaa–11 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 470aaa–2 — Public awareness and education program
• § 470aaa–3 — Collection of paleontological resources
• § 470aaa–4 — Curation of resources
• § 470aaa–5 — Prohibited acts; criminal penalties
• § 470aaa–6 — Civil penalties
• § 470aaa–7 — Rewards and forfeiture