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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 410', '§ 410', '§ 410', '§ 3', '§ 101', '§ 319', '§ 1', '§ 1001', '§ 101', '§ 319', '§ 101', '§ 319']

16 U.S. Code § 410mm–1 - Administration | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 16 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter LIX-K › § 410mm–1 16 U.S. Code § 410mm–1 - Administration
Laws governing; conservation and protection of resources The Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with this subchapter and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the national park system, including sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title. The Secretary shall protect, manage, and administer the park in such manner as to conserve and protect the scenery, the natural, geologic, historic, and archaeological resources of the park, including fish and wildlife and to provide for the public use and enjoyment of the same in such a manner as to perpetuate these qualities for future generations.
Fishing The Secretary shall permit fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the park in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States and the State of Nevada, except that he may designate zones where, and periods when, no fishing may be permitted for reasons of public safety. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing such restrictions relating to fishing,
shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency having jurisdiction over fishing activities.
Preparation of management plan; submission to Congress; amendment of plan After notice and opportunity for public hearing, the Secretary shall prepare a management plan for the park. The Secretary shall submit such plan to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate within three years after October 27, 1986. Such plan may be amended from time to time. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, provisions related to grazing within the park to the extent permitted under subsection (e) of this section and provisions providing for the appropriate management of fish and wildlife and fishing within the park in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. Such provisions shall be adopted only after consultation with the appropriate State agency having jurisdiction over fish and wildlife.
Withdrawal of lands from mining and mineral leasing Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands and interests therein, within the park, are withdrawn from disposition under the public lands laws and from entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, as amended [30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.].
Grazing Subject to such limitations, conditions, or regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary may permit grazing on lands within the park to the same extent as was permitted on such lands as of July 1, 1985. Grazing within the park shall be administered by the National Park Service.
Exchange of park grazing allotment for grazing allotment outside park (1)
Exchanges At the request of the permittee, or at the initiative of the Secretary, negotiations may take place at any time with holders of valid existing grazing permits and grazing leases on land within the park, for an exchange of all or part of their grazing allotments for allotments outside the park. No such exchange shall take place if, in the opinion of the affected Federal land management agency, the exchange would result in overgrazing of Federal lands.
Acquisition by donation (A)
In general The Secretary may acquire by donation valid existing permits and grazing leases authorizing grazing on land in the park.
Termination The Secretary shall terminate a grazing permit or grazing lease acquired under subparagraph (A) so as to end grazing previously authorized by the permit or lease.
Water-related range improvements Existing water-related range improvements inside the park may be maintained by the Secretary or the persons benefitting from them, subject to reasonable regulation by the Secretary.
Reservation to United States of new express or implied water or water-related right not established; exception Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to establish a new express or implied reservation to the United States of any water or water-related right with respect to the land described in section 410mm of this title: Provided, That the United States shall be entitled to only that express or implied reserved water right which may have been associated with the initial establishment and withdrawal of Humboldt National Forest and the Lehman Caves National Monument from the public domain with respect to the land described in section 410mm of this title. No provision of this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the appropriation of water, except in accordance with the substantive and procedural law of the State of Nevada.
Cooperative agreements with Federal and other agencies; interpretation of Great Basin physiographic region In order to encourage unified and cost-effective interpretation of the Great Basin physiographic region, the Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with other Federal, State, and local public departments and agencies providing for the interpretation of the Great Basin physiographic region. Such agreements shall include, but not be limited to, authority for the Secretary to develop and operate interpretive facilities and programs on lands and waters outside of the boundaries of such park, with the concurrence of the owner or administrator thereof.
(Pub. L. 99–565, § 3,Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3182; Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title III, § 319], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–203; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a),May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, as amended, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 91–581, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1566, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 30. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of Title 30 and Tables.
1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(c) [title III, § 319(1)], substituted “may permit” for “shall permit” in first sentence.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(c) [title III, § 319(2)], designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, substituted “grazing permits and grazing leases” for “grazing permits”, and added par. (2).