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54 U.S.C. § 200103 — Authority of Secretary to carry out certain functions and activities

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54 U.S.C. § 200103 — Authority of Secretary to carry out certain functions and activities

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**(a) In General.—** To carry out this chapter, the Secretary may perform the functions and activities described in this section. **(b) Inventory and Evaluation.—** The Secretary may prepare and maintain a continuing inventory and evaluation of outdoor recreation needs and resources of the United States. **(c) Classification System.—** The Secretary may prepare a system for classification of outdoor recreation resources to assist in the effective and beneficial use and management of such resources. **(d) Technical Assistance and Advice.—** The Secretary may provide technical assistance and advice to and cooperate with States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including nonprofit organizations, with respect to outdoor recreation. **(e) Interstate and Regional Cooperation.—** The Secretary may encourage interstate and regional cooperation in the planning, acquisition, and development of outdoor recreation resources. **(f) Research, Information, and Education Programs and Activities.—** The Secretary may— (1) sponsor, engage in, and assist in research relating to outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreements, and make payments for such purposes without regard to the limitations of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 concerning advances of funds when the Secretary considers such action to be in the public interest; (2) undertake studies and assemble information concerning outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreement, and disseminate the information without regard to [section 3204 of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3204&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) cooperate with educational institutions and others to assist in establishing education programs and activities and to encourage public use and benefits from outdoor recreation. **(g) Cooperation and Coordination with Federal Agencies.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Secretary may— (A) cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal agencies and obtain from them information, data, reports, advice, and assistance that are needed and can reasonably be furnished in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; and (B) promote coordination of Federal plans and activities generally relating to outdoor recreation. (2) **Funding.—** — An agency furnishing advice or assistance under this paragraph may expend its own funds for those purposes, with or without reimbursement, as may be agreed to by that agency. **(h) Donations.—** The Secretary may accept and use donations of money, property, personal services, or facilities for the purposes of this chapter.

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16 U.S.C. § 460 — Natchez Trace Parkway

All lands and easements heretofore and hereafter conveyed to the United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee for the right-of-way for the projected parkway between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and landscape development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps heretofore or hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be known as the Natchez Trace Parkway and shall be administered and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”,11 See References in Text note below. the provisions of which Act, as amended and supplemented, are extended over and made applicable to said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to connect with said parkway such roads and trails as may be necessary for the protection, administration, or uti

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39 U.S.C. § 3204 — Restrictions on use of penalty mail

**(a)** Except as otherwise provided in this section or [section 3220(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3220/a&num=0&edition=prelim), an officer, executive department, or independent establishment of the Government of the United States may not mail, as penalty mail, any article or document unless— (1) a request therefor has been previously received by the department or establishment; or (2) its mailings is required by law. **(b)** Subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit the mailing, as penalty mail, by an officer, executive department, or independent agency of— (1) enclosures reasonably related to the subject matter of official correspondence; (2) informational releases relating to the census of the United States and authorized by title 13; (3) matter concerning the sale of Government securities; (4) forms, blanks, and copies of statutes, rules, regulations, instructions, administrative orders, and interpretations necessary in the administration of the department or establishment; (5) agricultural bulletins; (6) lists of public documents offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents; (7) announcements of the publication of maps, atlases, and statistical and other reports offered for sale by the Federal Power Commission as authorized by [section 825k of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section825k&num=0&edition=prelim); or (8) articles or documents to educational institutions or public libraries, or to Federal, State, or other public authorities.

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16 U.S.C. § 460l–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 88–29, § 2, May 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(h), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 776, related to powers and duties of Secretary of the Interior. See [section 200103 of Title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section200103&num=0&edition=prelim), National Park Service and Related Programs.

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16 U.S.C. § 8413 — Identifying opportunities for recreation

**(a) Inventory and assessments** (1) **In general** — The Secretary concerned shall— (A) conduct an inventory and assessment of recreation resources for Federal recreational lands and waters; (B) develop the inventory and assessment with support from public comment; and (C) update the inventory and assessment as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate. (2) **Unique recreation values** — An inventory and assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall— (A) recognize— (i) any unique recreation values and recreation opportunities; and (ii) areas of concentrated recreational use; and (B) identify, list, and map recreation resources by— (i) type of recreation opportunity and type of natural or artificial recreation infrastructure; (ii) to the extent available, the level of use of the recreation resource as of the date of the inventory; and (iii) identifying, to the extent practicable, any trend relating to recreation opportunities or use at a recreation resource identified under subparagraph (A). (3) **Assessments** — For any recreation resource inventoried under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall assess— (A) the maintenance needs of, and expenses necessary to administer, the recreation resource; (B) the suitability for developing, expanding, or enhancing the recreation resource; and (C) the adequacy of the current management of the recreation resource. **(b) Existing efforts** To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable research and planning decisions and processes in carrying out this section. **(c) Omitted**

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54 U.S.C. § 200103 — Authority of Secretary to carry out cer-

Page 81 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 200104 1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized as ‘‘Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation’’. Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Is- lands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3169; Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 113(a), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2839.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200102 ......... 16 U.S.C. 460l–3. Pub. L. 88–29, § 4, May 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(c), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92. The words ‘‘the Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- lands’’ are omitted as obsolete. See note at 48 U.S.C. prec. 1681. For continued application of certain laws of the United States in certain cases, see the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- lands in Political Union with the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1801 note), the Compact of Free As- sociation between the Government of the United States of America and the Governments of the Marshall Is- lands and the Federated States of Micronesia (48 U.S.C. 1901 note), and the Compact of Free Association be- tween the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note). The words ‘‘as determined by the Secretary’’ are added to make it clear that it is the Secretary who determines if it is practicable to include the stated entities. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2025—Pub. L. 118–234 added pars. (1) to (3) and redesig- nated former pars. (1) and (2) as (4) and (5), respectively. § 200103. Authority of Secretary to carry out cer- tain functions and activities (a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this chapter, the Secretary may perfo

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