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16 U.S.C. § 3199 — Navigation aids and other facilities

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16 U.S.C. § 3199 — Navigation aids and other facilities

**(a) Existing facilities** Within conservation system units established or expanded by this Act, reasonable access to, and operation and maintenance of, existing air and water navigation aids, communications sites and related facilities and existing facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to units of such systems, as appropriate. Reasonable access to and operation and maintenance of facilities for national defense purposes and related air and water navigation aids within or adjacent to such areas shall continue in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such facilities notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Nothing in 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.] shall be deemed to prohibit such access, operation and maintenance within wilderness areas designated by this Act. **(b) New facilities** The establishment, operation, and maintenance within any conservation system unit of new air and water navigation aids and related facilities, facilities for national defense purposes, and related air and water navigation aids, and facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted but only (1) after consultation with the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, by the head of the Federal department or agency undertaking such establishment, operation, or maintenance, and (2) in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed in order to minimize the adverse effects of such activities within such unit.

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**(a) Existing facilities** Within conservation system units established or expanded by this Act, reasonable access to, and operation and maintenance of, existing air and water navigation aids, communications sites and related facilities and existing facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to units of such systems, as appropriate. Reasonable access to and operation and maintenance of facilities for national defense purposes and related air and water navigation aids within or adjacent to such areas shall continue in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such facilities notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Nothing in 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.] shall be deemed to prohibit such access, operation and maintenance within wilderness areas designated by this Act. **(b) New facilities** The establishment, operation, and maintenance within any conservation system unit of new air and water navigation aids and related facilities, facilities for national defense purposes, and related air and water navigation aids, and facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted but only (1) after consultation with the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, by the head of the Federal department or agency undertaking such establishment, operation, or maintenance, and (2) in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed in order to minimize the adverse effects of such activities within such unit.

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16 U.S.C. § 3101 — Congressional statement of purpose

**(a) Establishment of units** In order to preserve for the benefit, use, education, and inspiration of present and future generations certain lands and waters in the State of Alaska that contain nationally significant natural, scenic, historic, archeological, geological, scientific, wilderness, cultural, recreational, and wildlife values, the units described in the following titles are hereby established. **(b) Preservation and protection of scenic, geological, etc., values** It is the intent of Congress in this Act to preserve unrivaled scenic and geological values associated with natural landscapes; to provide for the maintenance of sound populations of, and habitat for, wildlife species of inestimable value to the citizens of Alaska and the Nation, including those species dependent on vast relatively undeveloped areas; to preserve in their natural state extensive unaltered arctic tundra, boreal forest, and coastal rainforest ecosystems; to protect the resources related to subsistence needs; to protect and preserve historic and archeological sites, rivers, and lands, and to preserve wilderness resource values and related recreational opportunities including but not limited to hiking, canoeing, fishing, and sport hunting, within large arctic and subarctic wildlands and on freeflowing rivers; and to maintain opportunities for scientific research and undisturbed ecosystems. **(c) Subsistence way of life for rural residents** It is further the intent and purpose of this Act consistent with management of fish and wildlife in accordance with recognized scientific principles and the purposes for which each conservation system unit is established, designated, or expanded by or pursuant to this Act, to provide the opportunity for rural residents engaged in a subsistence way

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16 U.S.C. § 1131 — National Wilderness Preservation System

**(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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16 U.S.C. § 1131 — National Wilderness Preservation System

Page 1611 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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16 U.S.C. § 3199 — Navigation aids and other facilities

Page 2267 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 3200 ‘‘(a) In furtherance of the goals of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- tion Act [16 U.S.C. 3197, 3198] and the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act [25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.], the Secretary [of the Inte- rior] shall— ‘‘(1) implement pilot programs to employ residents of local communities at the following units of the Na- tional Park System located in northwest Alaska— ‘‘(A) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, ‘‘(B) Cape Krusenstern National Monument, ‘‘(C) Kobuk Valley National Park, and ‘‘(D) Noatak National Preserve; and ‘‘(2) report on the results of the programs within one year to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States [Senate] and the Com- mittee on Resources [now Committee on Natural Re- sources] of the House of Representatives. ‘‘(b) In implementing the programs, the Secretary shall consult with the Native Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and Tribal entities in the immediate vi- cinity of such units and shall also, to the extent prac- ticable, involve such groups in the development of in- terpretive materials and the pilot programs relating to such units.’’ LOCAL HIRE REPORT Pub. L. 105–333, § 11, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3135, pro- vided that not later than 18 months after Oct. 31, 1998, the Secretary of the Interior would transmit to Con- gress a report indicating the actions taken in carrying out subsection (b) of this section, addressing the re- cruitment processes that may restrict employees hired under subsection (a) of this section from successfully obtaining positions in the competitive service, and de- scribing the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in contracting with Alaska Native Co

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