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16 U.S.C. § 460bbbb — Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Management Plan** — The term “Management Plan” means the management plan for the Recreation Area prepared under subsection (e)(2)(A).
(2) **Map** — The term “Map” means the map entitled “Northern Utah Lands Management Act-Overview” and dated February 4, 2019.
(3) **Recreation Area** — The term “Recreation Area” means the Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area established by subsection (b)(1).
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) **State** — The term “State” means the State of Utah.
**(b) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — Subject to valid existing rights, there is established the Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area in the State.
(2) **Area included** — The Recreation Area shall consist of approximately 173,475 acres of land in the Ashley National Forest, as generally depicted on the Map.
**(c) Purposes** The purposes of the Recreation Area are to conserve and protect the watershed, geological, recreational, wildlife, scenic, natural, cultural, and historic resources of the Recreation Area.
**(d) Map and legal description**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal description of the Recreation Area.
(2) **Effect** — The map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the map or legal description.
(3) **Availability** — A copy of the map and legal description prepared under p
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Management Plan** — The term “Management Plan” means the management plan for the Recreation Area prepared under subsection (e)(2)(A).
(2) **Map** — The term “Map” means the map entitled “Northern Utah Lands Management Act-Overview” and dated February 4, 2019.
(3) **Recreation Area** — The term “Recreation Area” means the Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area established by subsection (b)(1).
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) **State** — The term “State” means the State of Utah.
**(b) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — Subject to valid existing rights, there is established the Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area in the State.
(2) **Area included** — The Recreation Area shall consist of approximately 173,475 acres of land in the Ashley National Forest, as generally depicted on the Map.
**(c) Purposes** The purposes of the Recreation Area are to conserve and protect the watershed, geological, recreational, wildlife, scenic, natural, cultural, and historic resources of the Recreation Area.
**(d) Map and legal description**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal description of the Recreation Area.
(2) **Effect** — The map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the map or legal description.
(3) **Availability** — A copy of the map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
**(e) Administration**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with—
(A) the laws generally applicable to the National Forest System, including the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ([16 U.S.C. 1600](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1600&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(B) this section; and
(C) any other applicable law.
(2) **Management plan**
(A) *In general* — Not later than 2 years after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall prepare a management plan for the Recreation Area.
(B) *Consultation* — The Secretary shall—
(i) prepare the management plan in consultation and coordination with Uintah County, Utah, and affected Indian Tribes; and
(ii) provide for public input in the preparation of the management plan.
**(f) Uses** The Secretary shall only allow such uses of the Recreation Area that would—
(1) further the purposes for which the Recreation Area is established; and
(2) promote the long-term protection and management of the watershed and underground karst system of the Recreation Area.
**(g) Motorized vehicles**
(1) **In general** — Except as needed for emergency response or administrative purposes, the use of motorized vehicles in the Recreation Area shall be permitted only on roads and motorized routes designated in the Management Plan for the use of motorized vehicles.
(2) **New roads** — No new permanent or temporary roads or other motorized vehicle routes shall be constructed within the Recreation Area after March 12, 2019.
(3) **Existing roads**
(A) *In general* — Necessary maintenance or repairs to existing roads designated in the Management Plan for the use of motorized vehicles, including necessary repairs to keep existing roads free of debris or other safety hazards, shall be permitted after March 12, 2019, consistent with the requirements of this section.
(B) *Rerouting* — Nothing in this subsection prevents the Secretary from rerouting an existing road or trail to protect Recreation Area resources from degradation, or to protect public safety, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
(4) **Over snow vehicles**
(A) *In general* — Nothing in this section prohibits the use of snowmobiles and other over snow vehicles within the Recreation Area.
(B) *Winter recreation use plan* — Not later than 2 years after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall undertake a winter recreation use planning process, which shall include opportunities for use by snowmobiles or other over snow vehicles in appropriate areas of the Recreation Area.
(5) **Applicable law** — Activities authorized under this subsection shall be consistent with the applicable forest plan and travel management plan for, and any law (including regulations) applicable to, the Ashley National Forest.
**(h) Water infrastructure**
(1) **Existing access** — The designation of the Recreation Area shall not affect the ability of authorized users to access, operate, and maintain water infrastructure facilities within the Recreation Area in accordance with applicable authorizations and permits.
(2) **Cooperative agreements**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with authorized users and local governmental entities to provide, in accordance with any applicable law (including regulations)—
(i) access, including motorized access, for repair and maintenance to water infrastructure facilities within the Recreation Area, including Whiterocks Reservoir, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary; and
(ii) access and maintenance by authorized users and local governmental entities for the continued delivery of water to the Ashley Valley if water flows cease or become diminished due to impairment of the karst system, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
**(i) Grazing** The grazing of livestock in the Recreation Area, where established before March 12, 2019, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in accordance with—
(1) applicable law (including regulations);
(2) the purposes of the Recreation Area; and
(3) the guidelines set forth in the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96–617).
**(j) Fish and wildlife** Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to the management of fish and wildlife on Federal land in the State.
**(k) Wildlife water projects** The Secretary, in consultation with the State, may authorize wildlife water projects (including guzzlers) within the Recreation Area.
**(l) Water rights** Nothing in this section—
(1) constitutes an express or implied reservation by the United States of any water rights with respect to the Recreation Area;
(2) affects any water rights in the State;
(3) affects the use or allocation, in existence on March 12, 2019, of any water, water right, or interest in water;
(4) affects any vested absolute or decreed conditional water right in existence on March 12, 2019, including any water right held by the United States;
(5) affects any interstate water compact in existence on March 12, 2019; or
(6) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United States in the State on or before March 12, 2019.
**(m) Withdrawal** Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land in the Recreation Area is withdrawn from—
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
**(n) Vegetation management** Nothing in this section prevents the Secretary from conducting vegetation management projects, including fuels reduction activities, within the Recreation Area for the purposes of improving water quality and reducing risks from wildfire.
**(o) Wildland fire operations** Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary, in consultation with other Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, as appropriate, from conducting wildland fire treatment operations or restoration operations in the Recreation Area, consistent with the purposes of this section.
**(p) Recreation fees** Except for fees for improved campgrounds, the Secretary is prohibited from collecting recreation entrance or recreation use fees within the Recreation Area.
**(q) Communication infrastructure** Nothing in this section affects the continued use of, and access to, communication infrastructure (including necessary upgrades) within the Recreation Area, in accordance with applicable authorizations and permits.
**(r) Non-Federal land**
(1) **In general** — Nothing in this section affects non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land within the Recreation Area.
(2) **Access** — The Secretary shall provide reasonable access to non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land within the Recreation Area.
**(s) Outfitting and guide activities** Outfitting and guide services within the Recreation Area, including commercial outfitting and guide services, are authorized in accordance with this section and other applicable law (including regulations).
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the management of the Nation’s renewable resources is highly complex and the uses, demand for, and supply of the various resources are subject to change over time;
(2) the public interest is served by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with other agencies, assessing the Nation’s renewable resources, and developing and preparing a national renewable resource program, which is periodically reviewed and updated;
(3) to serve the national interest, the renewable resource program must be based on a comprehensive assessment of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of renewable resources from the Nation’s public and private forests and rangelands, through analysis of environmental and economic impacts, coordination of multiple use and sustained yield opportunities as provided in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; [16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)), and public participation in the development of the program;
(4) the new knowledge derived from coordinated public and private research programs will promote a sound technical and ecological base for effective management, use, and protection of the Nation’s renewable resources;
(5) inasmuch as the majority of the Nation’s forests and rangeland is under private, State, and local governmental management and the Nation’s major capacity to produce goods and services is based on these nonfederally managed renewable resources, the Federal Government should be a catalyst to encourage and assist these owners in the efficient long-term use and improvement of these lands and their renewable resources consistent with the principles of sustained yield and
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**(a)** In order to protect and interpret for the benefit, inspiration, and education of present and future generations the places where Martin Luther King, Junior, was born, where he lived, worked, and worshipped, and where he is buried, there is hereby established the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park in the State of Georgia. The national historical park shall consist of that real property in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled “Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Revision”, numbered 489/128,786 and dated June 2015, together with the property known as 234 Sunset Avenue, Northwest. The map referred to in this subsection shall be on file and available for public inspection in the local and Washington, District of Columbia offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
**(b)** In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, there is hereby established the Martin Luther King, Junior, Preservation District, which shall consist of the area identified as “Preservation District” in the map referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretary”) shall administer the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and Preservation District in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and the provisions of law generally applicable to national historic sites,11 So in original. Probably should be “to the National Park System,”. including the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; [16 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1&num=0&edition=prelim), 2–4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; [16 U.S.C. 461–7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section461–7&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b)**
(1) Within the national historical park the Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer, or exchange, lands and interests therein, except that property owned by the State of Georgia or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
(2) Notwithstanding the acquisition authority contained in paragraph (1), any lands or interests therein which are owned wholly or in part, by the widow of Martin Luther King, Junior, or by the Martin Luther King, Junior, Center for Social Change, shall be acquired only with the consent of the owner thereof, except that—
(A) the Secretary may acquire such property in accordance with the provisions of this section if he determines that the property is undergoing or is about to undergo a change in use which is inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter, and
(B) with respect to properties owned by the Center for Social Change, the Secretary shall have the first right of refusal to purchase such property for a purchase price not
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Page 1947
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1600
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 93–205, Dec. 28, 1973, 81
Stat. 884, known as the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
which is classified principally to this chapter. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1531 of this title and
Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–201, in introductory provisions, sub-
stituted ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law
104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), on’’ for ‘‘On’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106–201, § 1(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 307, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The amendment made by this section
[amending this section] takes effect on the earlier of—
‘‘(1) the date of enactment of this Act [May 18,
2000]; or
‘‘(2) December 19, 1999.’’
CHAPTER 36—FOREST AND RANGELAND
RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
SUBCHAPTER I—PLANNING
Sec.
1600.
Congressional findings.
1601.
Renewable Resource Assessment.
1602.
Renewable Resource Program; preparation by
Secretary and transmittal to President;
purpose and development of program; time
of preparation, updating and contents.
1603.
National Forest System resource inventories;
development, maintenance, and updating by
Secretary as part of Assessment.
1604.
National Forest System land and resource
management plans.
1605.
Protection, use and management of renew-
able resources on non-Federal lands; utili-
zation of Assessment, surveys and Program
by Secretary to assist States, etc.
1606.
Budget requests by President for Forest Serv-
ice activities.
1606a.
Reforestation Trust Fund.
1607.
National Forest System renewable resource
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 460bbbb
(I) shall be used by the County—
(aa) to provide a suitable location for
the establishment of a centralized off-
road vehicle recreation park in the
County;
(bb) to provide the public with oppor-
tunities for off-road vehicle recreation,
including a location for races, competi-
tive events, training and other commer-
cial services that directly support a cen-
tralized off-road vehicle recreation area
and County park;
(cc) to provide a designated area and
facilities that would discourage unau-
thorized use of off-highway vehicles in
areas that have been identified by the
Federal Government, State government,
or County government as containing en-
vironmentally sensitive land; and
(II) shall not be disposed of by the Coun-
ty.
(iii) Reversion
If the County ceases to use any parcel of
land conveyed under subparagraph (A) for
the purposes described in clause (ii)—
(I) title to the parcel shall revert to the
Secretary, at the option of the Secretary;
and
(II) the County shall be responsible for
any reclamation necessary to revert the
parcel to the United States.
(iv) Management plan
The Secretary of the Air Force and the
County, may develop a special management
plan for the land conveyed under subpara-
graph (A)—
(I) to enhance public safety and safe off-
highway vehicle recreation use in the
Nellis Dunes Recreation Area;
(II) to ensure compatible development
with the mission requirements of the
Nellis Air Force Base; and
(III) to avoid and mitigate known public
health risks associated with off-highway
vehicle use in the Nellis Dunes Recreation
Area.
(D) Agreement with Nellis Air Force Base
(i) In general
Before the Federal land may be conveyed
to the County under subparagraph (A), the
Clark County
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