An Act to establish the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Arizona and Utah.
PL 92-593 (S.27), enacted 10/27/1972

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(5) three members to be appointed by the Secretary to represent 
the general public, 
(c) The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any 
vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
1(d) A member of the Commission shall serve without compensation 
as such. The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably 
incurred by the Commission in carrying out its responsibility under 
this Act upon vouchers signed bv the Chairman. 
(e) The Commission established by this section shall act and advise 
by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof. 
(f) The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult 
with the members of the Commission with respect to matters relating 
to the development of the recreation area. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not 
more than $12,125,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in 
lands and not more than $92,813,000 (July, 1971 prices) for develop-
ment of the recreation area, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as 
may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in the construction 
costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of 
construction involved herein. 
Approved October 27, 1972. 
Expenses. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 92-593 
AN A C T 
October 27, 1972 
To establish the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Arizona 
[S- 27] 
and Utah. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,, That in order to 
provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of Lake 
Powell and lands adjacent thereto in the States of Arizona and Utah 
and to preserve scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing 
to public enjoyment of the area, there is established the Glen Canyon 
National Recreation Area (hereafter referred to as the "recreation 
area") to comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled 
"Boundary Map Glen Canyon National Recreation Area," numbered 
GLC-91,006 and dated August 1972, which is on file and available 
for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Depart-
ment of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred 
to as the "Secretary") may revise the boundaries of the recreation area 
from time to time by publication in the Federal Register of a revised 
drawing or other boundary description, but the total acreage of the 
national recreation area may not exceed one million two hundred and 
thirty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty acres. 
SEC. 2. (a) Within the boundaries of the recreation area, the Secre-
tary may acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase, or 
exchange. Any lands owned by the States of Utah or Arizona, or any 
State, political subdivisions thereof, may be acquired only by donation 
or exchange-. No lands held in trust for any Indian tribe may be 
acquired except with the concurrence of the tribal council. 
(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the mineral 
rights reserved to the Navajo Indian Tribe under section 2 of the Act 
of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1686), or the rights reserved to the 
Navajo Indian Tribal Council in said section 2 with respect to the use 
of the lands there described under the heading "PARCEL B " . 
Glen Canyon 
National Recrea-
tion Area, Ariz.-
Utah. 
Establishment, 
Publication in 
Federal Regis-
ter. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
Limitation. 
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Public lands, 
withdrawal. 
64 Stat. 463. 
41 Stat. 437; 
74 Stat. 790. 
61 Stat. 913. 
Funds, disposi-
tion. 
Administration. 
70 Stat. 105. 
43 u s e 620. 
Hunting and 
fishing. 
Leases. 
Easements and 
rights-of-way. 
Proposed road, 
study. 
SEC. 3. (a) The lands within the recreation area, subject to valid 
existing rights, are withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under 
the United States mining laws. Under such regulations as he deems 
appropriate, the Secretary shall permit the removal of the nonleasable 
minerals from lands or interests in lands within the national recreation 
area in the manner prescribed by section 10 of the Act of August 4, 
1939, as amended (53 Stat. 1196; 43 U.S.C. 387 et seq.), and he shall 
permit the removal of leasable minerals from lands or interests in 
lands within the recreation area in accordance with the Mineral Leas-
ing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), or 
the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7,1947 (30 U.S.C. 
351 et seq.), if he finds that such disposition would not have significant 
adverse effects on the Glen Canyon project or on the administration 
of the national recreation area pursuant to this Act. 
(b) All receipts derived from permits and leases issued on lands in 
the recreation area under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 
1920, as amended, or the Act of August 7, 1947, shall be disposed of 
as provided in the applicable Act; and receipts from the disposition 
of nonleasable minerals within the recreation area shall be disposed 
of in the same manner as moneys received from the sale of public lands. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary shall administer, protect, and develop the rec-
reation area in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, 
and with any other statutory authority available to him for the con-
servation and management of natural resources to the extent he finds 
such authority will further the purposes of this Act: Provided^ how-
ever^ That nothing in this Act shall affect or interfere with the 
authority of the Secretary granted by Public Law 485, Eighty-fourth 
Congress, second session, to operate Glen Canyon Dam and Reservoir 
in accordance with the purposes of the Colorado River Storage Project 
Act for river regulation, irrigation, flood control, and generation of 
hydroelectric power. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on 
lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the boundaries of the 
recreation area in accordance with applicable laws of the United States 
and the States of Utah and Arizona, except that the Secretary may 
designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting, fishing, 
or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administra-
tion, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regula-
tion of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect 
only after consultation with the appropriate State fish and game 
department. 
SEC. 6. The administration of mineral and grazing leases within the 
recreation area shall be by the Bureau of Land Management. The same 
policies followed by the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and 
administering mineral and grazing leases on other lands under its 
jurisdiction shall be followed in regard to the lands within the 
boundaries of the recreation area, subject to the provisions of sections 
3(a) and 4 of this Act. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary shall grant easements and rights-of-way on a 
nondiscriminatory basis upon, over, under, across, or a;long any com-
ponent of the recreation area unless he finds that the route of such 
easements and rights-of-way would have significant adverse effects 
on the administration of the recreation area. 
SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary together with the Highway Department 
of the State of Utah, shall conduct a study of proposed road aline-
ments within and adjacent to the recreation area. Such study shall 
locate the specific route of a scenic, low-speed road, hereby authorized, 
from Glen Canyon City to Bullfrog Basin, crossing the Escalante 
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River south of the point where the river has entered Lake Powell 
when the lake is at the three thousand seven hundred-foot level. In 
determining the route for this road, special care shall be taken to 
minimize any adverse environmental impact and said road is not 
required to meet ordinary secondary road standards as to grade, 
alinement, and curvature. Turnouts, overlooks, and scenic vistas may 
be included in the road plan. In no event shall said route cross the 
Escalante River north of Stephens Arch. 
(b) The studv shall include a reasonable timetable for the engineer-
ing, planning, and construction of the road authorized in section 8(a) 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall adhere to said timetable in every 
wav feasible to him. 
(c) The Secretary is authorized to construct and maintain markers 
and other interpretive devices consistent with highway 
safety 
standards. 
(d) The study specified in section 8(a) hereof shall designate what 
additional roads are appropriate and necessary for full utilization of 
the area for the purposes of this Act and to connect with all roads of 
ingress to, and egress from the recreation area. 
(e) The findings and conclusions of the Secretary and the Highway 
Department of the State of Utah, specified in section 8(a), shall be 
submitted to Congress within two years of the date of enactment of 
this Act, and shall include recommendations for any further legisla-
tion necessary to implement the findings and conclusions. It shall 
specify the funds necessary for appropriation in order to meet the 
timetable fixed in section 8 ( D ) . 
SEC. 9. Within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall report to the President, in accordance with sub-
sections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890j 16 U.S.C. 
1132 (c^ and (d)), his recommendations as to the suitability or non-
suitability of any area within the recreation area for preservation 
as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as wilderness 
shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 10. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, not to 
exceed, however, $400,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests 
in lands and not to exceed $37,325,400 for development. The sums 
authorized in this section shall be available for acquisition and devel-
opment undertaken subsequent to the approval of this Act. 
Approved October 27, 1972. 
Construction. 
Additional 
roads. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Report to Presi-
dent. 
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note. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 92-594 
AN ACT 
To amend section 7 of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1907. 
October 27, 1972 
[S. 3545] 
section shall be effective until July 1, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reyresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (e) prolectY^^A'c f 
of section 7 of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977 1967^'aJe^ndments. 
(e^), is amended to read as follows r 
82 stat. 729. 
"(e) The provisions of this sect 
1977.". 
SEC. 2. Clause (1) of subsection (f) of section 7 of the Fishermen's 
Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977(f) (1)), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(1) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce.". 
Approved October 27, 1972.