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16 U.S.C. § 410hhh–3 — Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, Colorado
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**(a) Establishment of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve**
(1) There is hereby established the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve in the State of Colorado, as generally depicted on the map, as a unit of the National Park System.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction of lands and interests therein administered by the Secretary of Agriculture within the boundaries of the preserve is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, to be administered as part of the preserve. The Secretary of Agriculture shall modify the boundaries of the Rio Grande National Forest to exclude the transferred lands from the forest boundaries.
(3) Any lands within the preserve boundaries which were designated as wilderness prior to November 22, 2000, shall remain subject to the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–767; [16 U.S.C. 539i](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539i&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(b) Map and legal description**
(1) As soon as practicable after the establishment of the national park and the preserve, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the national park and the preserve with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal description and maps.
(3) The map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
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**(a) Establishment of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve**
(1) There is hereby established the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve in the State of Colorado, as generally depicted on the map, as a unit of the National Park System.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction of lands and interests therein administered by the Secretary of Agriculture within the boundaries of the preserve is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, to be administered as part of the preserve. The Secretary of Agriculture shall modify the boundaries of the Rio Grande National Forest to exclude the transferred lands from the forest boundaries.
(3) Any lands within the preserve boundaries which were designated as wilderness prior to November 22, 2000, shall remain subject to the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–767; [16 U.S.C. 539i](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539i&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(b) Map and legal description**
(1) As soon as practicable after the establishment of the national park and the preserve, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the national park and the preserve with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal description and maps.
(3) The map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
**(c) Boundary survey** As soon as practicable after the establishment of the national park and preserve and subject to the availability of funds, the Secretary shall complete an official boundary survey.
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**(a) Establishment; Congressional declaration of policy; wilderness areas; administration for public use and enjoyment, protection, preservation, and gathering and dissemination of information; provisions for designation as wilderness areas** In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as “wilderness areas”, and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this chapter or by a subsequent Act.
**(b) Management of area included in System; appropriations** The inclusion of an area in the National Wilderness Preservation System notwithstanding, the area shall continue to be managed by the Department and agency having jurisdiction thereover immediately before its inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. No appropriation shall be available for the p
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) In order to conserve, protect, and enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource values of the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred to as the “recreation management area”).
(2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately 43,900 acres, as generally depicted as “Area A” on a map entitled “Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal”, dated January, 1993.
**(b) Administration** The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the recreation management area in accordance with this section and the laws and regulations generally applicable to the National Forest System.
**(c) Withdrawal** Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the recreation management area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments thereto.
**(d) Timber harvesting** No timber harvesting shall be allowed within the recreation management area except to the extent that would be permitted in wilderness under [section 1133(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1133/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim) for necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for public safety.
**(e) Livestock grazing** The designation of the recreation management area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change the administration of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation management area.
**(f) Development** No developed campgrounds shall be constructe
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1131
or of any person employed by, or assigned or de-
tailed to, the Commission.
(b) Payment; exemption of property from attach-
ment, execution, etc.
Any liability of the Commission shall be met
from funds of the Commission to the extent that
it is not covered by insurance, or otherwise.
Property belonging to the Commission shall be
exempt from attachment, execution, or other
process for satisfaction of claims, debts, or judg-
ments.
(c) Individual members of Commission
No liability of the Commission shall be im-
puted to any member of the Commission solely
on the basis that he occupies the position of
member of the Commission.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 11, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1111. Exemption from taxation
The Commission shall not be subject to Fed-
eral, State, or municipal taxation in the United
States on any real or personal property held by
it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any
personal or real property, or on its income,
whether from governmental appropriations, ad-
mission fees, concessions, or donations.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 12, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1112. Tax treatment of any gift, devise or be-
quest to the Commission
For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and
gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for
the use of the Commission, and accepted by the
Commission under authority of this chapter,
shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest
to or for the use of the United States, as the
case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, de-
vise, or bequest to or for the use of the Govern-
ment of Canada under the income, estate, or gift
tax laws of the Government of Canada.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 13, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1113. Authorization of appropriations
T
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 539j
entitled ‘Dennig Tract’, dated November 5, 1991 (herein-
after referred to as ‘the map’). The map, together with
a legal description of such lands, shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the offices of the For-
est Service, Department of Agriculture. The boundaries
of the Mark Twain National Forest are hereby modified
to include the area denoted ‘Dennig Property Outside
of National Forest Boundary’ on the map. Such map
and legal description shall have the same force and ef-
fect as if included in this Act, except that the correc-
tion of clerical and typographical errors in such map
and legal description may be made by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) Such modified boundaries shall be considered as
the boundaries in existence as of January 1, 1965, for
the purposes of section 100506 of title 54, United States
Code.
‘‘SEC. 3. ELEVEN POINT WILD AND SCENIC RIVER.
‘‘The Secretary shall manage the lands, waters, and
interests therein within the area referred to on the map
as ‘The Eleven Point Wild and Scenic Corridor’ (herein-
after referred to as ‘the corridor’), pursuant to the pro-
visions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1271–1287). Lands acquired pursuant to section 2 of this
Act within the corridor shall not be counted against
the average one-hundred-acre-per-mile fee limitation of
Section 6(a)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16
U.S.C. 1277(a)(1)], nor shall such lands outside the cor-
ridor be subject to the provisions of Section 6(a)(2) of
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
‘‘SEC. 5. APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act.’’
[Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(13), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3265,
which dire
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