An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility and desirability of a national lakeshore on Lake Tahoe in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes
PL 91-425 (S.2208), enacted 09/26/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-425-SEPT. 26, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
September26,1970 
[S.2208] 
LBlce' 'I'ahoe, ~-
Nev .-Calif. 
Lakeshore 
feasibility study. 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 91-425 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility and desirability 
of a national lakeshore on Lake Tahoe in the States of Nevada and California, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
--United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, in order to con-
sider preserving appropriate segments of the lakeshore of Lake Tahoe 
and adjoining ^ n d s and waters in their natural condition for public 
outdoor recreation>the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to 
as the "Secretary") shall study, investigate, and formulate recommen-
dations on the feasibility and desirability of establishing such areas as 
a national lakeshore. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
Agriculture; the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; and 
any other interested Federal agencies, as well as the Tahoe Regional 
Planning Agency and other State a^d local bodies and officials 
involved; and shall coordinate the study with applicable outdoor recre-
ation plans, pollution control plans, highway plans, and other plan-
ning activities relating to the Lake Tahoe Basin. Federal departments 
and agencies are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secre-
tary and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such statistics, data, 
reports, and other material as the Secretary may deem necessary for 
purposes of the study. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary shall submit to the President and the Congress 
of the United States, within one year after the date of this Act, a report 
of his findings and recommendations. The report of the Secretary shall 
contain, but not be limited to, finding with respect to— 
(a) the scenic, scientific, historic, outdoor recreation, and 
natural values of the water, lakeshore, and related upland 
resources involved, including their use for driving for pleasure, 
walking, hiking, riding, bicycling, boating, swimming, picnicking, 
camping, forest management, fish and wildlife management, scenic 
and historic site preservation, hunting, fishing, and winter sports; 
(b) the potential alternative beneficial uses of the water, lake-
shore, and related upland resources involved, taking into consider-
ation appropriate uses of the land for residential, commercial, 
industrial, agricultural, and transportation purposes, and for 
public services; 
(c) the type of Federal, State, and local programs that are 
feasible and desirable in the public interest to preserve, develop, 
and make accessible for public use the values identified; 
(d) the relationship of any recommended national lakeshore to 
existing or proposed Federal, State, and local programs to man-
age in the public interest the natural resources of the entire Lake 
Tahoe Basin; and 
(e) alternative means of restoring and preserving the values 
inherent in the area under present ownership patterns. 
SEC. 3. Pending submission of the report of the Secretary to the 
Congress, the heads of Federal agencies having administrative juris-
diction over the Federal lands within the area referred to in section 1 
of this Act shall, consistent with the purposes for which the lands were 
acquired or set aside by the United States and to the extent authorized 
by law, encourage and provide maximum opportunities for the types 
of recreation use of such lands referred to in section 2(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$50,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 26, 1970.