101522.
Transportation service and facility programs. 
101523.
Transportation projects. 
101524.
Procedures applicable to transportation plans and projects. 
Subchapter IV—Fees 
101531.
Fee for use of transportation services. 
Subchapter I—Airports 
§ 101501. Airports in or near System units 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘airport’’, ‘‘project’’, 
‘‘project costs’’, ‘‘public agency’’, and ‘‘sponsor’’ have the meanings given 
the terms in subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49. 
(b) ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF AIRPORTS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may plan, acquire, establish, 
construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and 
protect airports in the continental United States in, or in close prox-
imity to, System units, when the Secretary determines that the airports 
are necessary to the proper performance of the functions of the Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
(2) INCLUSION IN NATIONAL PLAN.—The Secretary shall not ac-
quire, establish, or construct an airport under this section unless the 
airport is included in the national plan of integrated airport systems 
formulated by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 
47103 of title 49. 
(3) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MUST ACCORD WITH STANDARDS 
AND REGULATIONS OF SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.—The oper-
ation and maintenance of airports under this section shall be in accord-
ance with the standards and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, the Secretary may— 
(A) acquire necessary land and interests in or over land; 
(B) contract for the construction, improvement, operation, and 
maintenance of airports and incidental facilities; 
(C) enter into agreements with other public agencies providing 
for the construction, operation, or maintenance of airports by 
those agencies or jointly by the Secretary and those agencies on 
mutually satisfactory terms; and 
(D) enter into other agreements and take other action with re-
spect to the airports as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
(2) CONSENT REQUIRED.—This section does not authorize the Sec-
retary to acquire any land, or interest in or over land, by purchase, 
condemnation, grant, or lease, without first obtaining the consent of 
the Governor of the State, and the consent of the State political sub-
division, in which the land is located. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION TO SPONSOR AIRPORT PROJECTS.—To carry out 
this section, the Secretary may— 
(1) sponsor projects under subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49 
independently or jointly with other public agencies; and 
(2) use, for payment of the sponsor’s share of the project costs of 
those projects, any funds that may be— 
(A) contributed or otherwise made available to the Secretary for 
those purposes; or 
(B) appropriated or otherwise specifically authorized for that 
purpose. 
(e) JURISDICTION OVER AIRPORTS.—All airports under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall be oper-
ated as public airports, available for public use on fair and reasonable terms 
and without unjust discrimination. 
Subchapter II—Roads and Trails 
§ 101511. Roads and trails 
(a) CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary, in the administration of the Service, 
may construct, reconstruct, and improve roads and trails, inclusive of nec-
essary bridges, in System units. 
(b) APPROACH ROADS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—When the Secretary determines it to be in the 
public interest, the Secretary may designate, as System unit approach 
roads and as supplementary parts of the highway systems of any Sys-
tem unit, roads whose primary value is to carry System unit travel and 
that lead across land at least 90 percent owned by the Federal Govern-
ment and that will connect the highways within a System unit with a 
convenient point on or leading to the National Highway System. 
(2) LIMIT ON LENGTH OF APPROACH ROADS.—A designated ap-
proach road shall not exceed— 
(A) 60 miles in length between a System unit gateway and a 
point on or leading to the nearest convenient National Highway 
System road; or 
(B) 30 miles in length if the approach road is on the National 
Highway System. 
(3) COUNTY LIMIT.—Not to exceed 40 miles of any one approach 
road shall be designated in any one county. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS AND TRAILS WITHIN 
SYSTEM UNITS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may construct, reconstruct, 
and improve roads and trails within System units. 
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(B) AUTHORITY
NOT
LIMITED.—This subsection and sub-
sections (a), (b), and (d) do not limit the authority of the Sec-
retary to construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain roads and 
trails within System units. 
(2) SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.—Under agreement with the Sec-
retary, the Secretary of Commerce may carry out any provision of this 
subsection. 
(3) ALLOCATION.—Not to be exceed $1,500,000 shall be allocated 
annually for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of Sys-
tem unit approach roads 
(d) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE REQUIRED.—When an 
approach road is proposed across or within any national forest, the Sec-
retary shall secure the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture before con-
struction begins. 
(e) CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF ROADS LEADING TO CERTAIN HISTOR-
ICAL AREAS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ includes 
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
(2) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary may, subject to con-
ditions as may seem proper to the Secretary, convey by proper quit-
claim deed to any State, county, municipality, or proper agency of a 
State, county, or municipality, in which the road is located, all the 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Federal 
Government owned or controlled road leading to any national cemetery, 
national military park, national historical park, national battlefield 
park, or national historic site administered by the Service. 
(3) NOTIFICATION BY STATE, AGENCY, OR MUNICIPALITY.—Prior to 
the delivery of any conveyance under this section, the State, county, 
or municipality to which the conveyance is to be made shall notify the 
Secretary in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the roads 
included in the conveyance. 
(4) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.—On the execution and delivery of 
the conveyance, any jurisdiction previously ceded to the United States 
by a State over the roads conveyed shall cease and determine and shall 
vest and be in the particular State in which the roads are located. 
Subchapter III—Public Transportation Programs for System 
Units 
§ 101521. Findings and purpose 
(a) 1978 FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(1) the purpose of the System is to preserve outstanding natural, 
scenic, historic, and recreation areas for the enjoyment, education, in-
spiration, and use of all people; 
(2) System units have been established near major metropolitan 
areas to preserve remaining open space and to provide recreational op-
portunities for urban residents (many of whom do not have access to 
personal motor vehicles); and 
(3) circumstances that necessarily require people desiring to visit 
System units to rely on personal motor vehicles may diminish the nat-
ural and recreational value of the System units by causing traffic con-
gestion and environmental damage, and by requiring the provision of 
roads, parking, and other facilities in ever-increasing numbers and den-
sity. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subchapter is to make the System 
more accessible in a manner consistent with the preservation of System 
units and the conservation of energy by encouraging the use of transpor-
tation modes other than personal motor vehicles for access to and within 
System units with minimum disruption to nearby communities through au-
thorization of a pilot transportation program. 
§ 101522. Transportation service and facility programs 
(a) FORMULATION OF PLANS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.— 
The Secretary may formulate transportation plans and implement transpor-
tation projects where feasible pursuant to those plans for System units. 
(b) CONTRACTS, OPERATIONS, AND ACQUISITIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF 
ACCESS TO SYSTEM UNITS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—To carry out subsection (a), the 
Secretary may— 
(A) contract with public or private agencies or carriers to pro-
vide transportation services, capital equipment, or facilities to im-
prove access to System units; 
(B) operate those services directly in the absence of suitable and 
adequate agencies or carriers; 
(C) acquire, by purchase, lease, or agreement, capital equipment 
for those services; and 
(D) where necessary to carry out this subchapter, acquire, by 
lease, purchase, donation, exchange, or transfer, land, water, or an 
interest in land or water that is situated outside the boundary of 
a System unit. 
(2) SPECIFIC PROVISIONS RELATED TO PROPERTY ACQUISITION.— 
(A) ADMINISTRATION.—The acquired property shall be adminis-
tered as part of the System unit. 
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