88th Congress, S.20 An Act To promote the coordination and development of effective programs relating to outdoor recreation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress Recreation profinds and declares it to be desirable that all American people of present grams. and future generations be assured adequate outdoor recreation re- Coordination and sources, and that it is desirable for all levels of government and private development. interests to take prompt and coordinated action to the extent practicable without diminishing or affecting their respective powers and functions to conserve, develop, and utilize such resources for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people. SEC. 2. In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary Functions and of the Interior is authorized to perform the following functions and activities. activities: (a) INVENTORY.-Prepare and maintain a continuing inventory and evaluation of outdoor recreation needs and resources of the United States. (b) CLASSIFICATION.-Prepare a system for classification of outdoor recreation resources to assist in the effective and beneficial use and management of such resources. (c) NATIONWIDE PLAN.-Formulate and maintain a comprehensive nationwide outdoor recreation plan, taking into consideration the plans of the various Federal agencies, States, and their political subdivisions. The plan shall set forth the needs and demands of the public for outdoor recreation and the current and foreseeable availability in the future of outdoor recreation resources to meet those needs. The plan shall identify critical outdoor recreation problems, recommend solutions, and recommend desirable actions to be taken at each level of government and by private interests. The Secretary shall transmit the initial plan, which shall be prepared as soon as practicable within five years hereafter, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Future revisions of the plan shall be similarly transmitted at succeeding five-year intervals. When a plan or revision is transmitted to the Congress, the Secretary shall transmit copies to the Governors of the several States. (d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:-Provide technical assistance and advice to and cooperate with States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including nonprofit organizations, with respect to outdoor recreation. (e) REGIONAL COOPERATION.-Encourage interstate and regional cooperation in the planning, acquisition, and development of outdoor recreation resources. 77 STAT. 49. (f) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.—(1) Sponsor, engage in, and assist 77 STAT. 50, 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 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) concerning advances of funds when he considers such action in the public interest, (2) undertake studies and assemble information concerning outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreement, and disseminate such information without regard to the provisions of section 4154, title 39, United States Code, 74 Stat. 661. and (3) cooperate with educational institutions and others in order to assist in establishing education programs and activities and to encourage public use and benefits from outdoor recreation. 77 STAT. 50. Definitions. (g) INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION.—(1) Cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal departments and 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 Act, and (2) promote coordination of Federal plans and activities generally relating to outdoor recreation. Any department or agency furnishing advice or assistance hereunder may expend its own funds for such purposes, with or without reimbursement, as may be agreed to by that agency. (h) DONATIONS.-Accept and use donations of money, property, personal services, or facilities for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. In order further to carry out the policy declared in section 1 of this Act, the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies having administrative responsibility over activities or resources the conduct or use of which is pertinent to fulfillment of that policy shall, either individually or as a group, (a) consult with and be consulted by the Secretary from time to time both with respect to their conduct of those activities and their use of those resources and with respect to the activities which the Secretary of the Interior carries on under authority of this Act which are pertinent to their work, and (b) carry out such responsibilities in general conformance with the nationwide plan authorized under section 2(c) of this Act. SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term "United States" shall include the District of Columbia and the terms “United States" and "States" may, to the extent practicable, include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Approved May 28, 1963, 10:13 a. m. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 160 accompanying H. R. 1762 (Interior and Insular SENATE REPORT No. 11 (Interior and Insular Affairs Comm.). Mar. 7, 8, 1963; Considered in Senate. Mar. 11, 1963; Considered and passed Senate. Apr. 29, 1963; Considered and passed House amended (in lieu of May 1, 1963; Senate disagrees to House amendments and requests conference. May 16, 1963; Conference report agreed to in House. To increase the participation by counties in revenues from the National Wildlife Refuge System by amending the Act of June 15, 1935, relating to such participation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 401 of National Wildthe Act of June 15, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 378, 383; 16 U.S.C. life Refuge 715s), relating to the participation by the counties in revenues from System. wildlife refuges, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 401. (a) Beginning with the next full fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, all revenues received by the Secretary of the Interior from the sale or other disposition of animals, timber, hay, grass, or other products of the soil, minerals, shells, sand, or gravel, from other privileges, or from leases for public accommodations or facilities incidental to but not in conflict with the basic purposes for which those areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System were established, during each fiscal year in connection with the operation and management of those areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System that are solely or primarily administered by him, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall be covered into the United States Treasury and be reserved in a separate fund for disposition as hereafter prescribed. Amounts in the fund shall remain available until expended, and may be expended by the Secretary without further appropriation in the manner hereafter prescribed. The National Wildlife Refuge System (hereafter referred to as the "System") includes those lands and waters administered by the Secretary as wildlife refuges, wildlife ranges, game ranges, wildlife management areas, and waterfowl production areas established under any law, proclamation, Executive, or public land order. (b) The Secretary may pay from the fund any necessary expenses incurred by him in connection with the revenue-producing measures set forth in subsection (a). Revenues. "(c) The Secretary, at the end of each fiscal year, shall pay, out of Payments to the net receipts in the fund (after payment of necessary expenses) for counties. such fiscal year, which funds shall be expended solely for the benefit of public schools and roads as follows: “(1) to each county in which reserved public lands in an area of the System are situated, an amount equal to 25 per centum of the net receipts collected by the Secretary from such reserved public lands in that particular area of the System: Provided, That when any such area is situated in more than one county the distributive share to each county from the aforesaid receipts shall be proportional to its acreage of such public lands therein; and "(2) to each county in which areas in the System are situated that have been acquired in fee by the United States, either (A) three-fourths of 1 per centum of the cost of the areas, exclusive of any improvements to such areas made subsequent to Federal acquisition, such cost to be adjusted to represent current values as determined by the Secretary for the first full fiscal year after enactment of this Act and as redetermined by him at five-year intervals thereafter, or (B) 25 per centum of the net receipts collected by the Secretary from such acquired lands in that particular area of the System within such counties, whichever is greater. The determinations by the Secretary under this subsection shall be accomplished in such manner as he shall consider to be equitable and in the public interest, and his determinations hereunder shall be final and conclusive. 49 Stat. 1555. Repeal. 78 STAT 702. "(d) The payments under subsection (c) of this section to the counties in the United States for any one fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of net receipts in the fund for that fiscal year and, in case the net receipts are insufficient for a particular fiscal year to pay the aggregate amount of the payments for that fiscal year to the counties, the payment to each county shall be reduced proportionately. "(e) Any moneys remaining in the fund after all payments are made for any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary thereafter for management of the System, including but not limited to the construction, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings, roads, and other facilities, and for enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 703–711). "(f) The disposition or sale of surplus animals, minerals, and other products, the grant of privileges, and the carrying out of any other activities that result in the collection of revenues within any areas of the System may be accomplished upon such terms, conditions, or regulations, including safe in the open markets, as the Secretary shall determine to be in the best interest of the United States. Further, the Secretary may dispose of such surplus animals by exchange of the same or other kinds, gift or loan to public institutions for exhibition or propagation purposes and for the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of information relating to the conservation of wildlife in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe. (g) Beginning with the first day of the next full fiscal year hereafter, the provisions of this Act shall supersede and repeal the provisions of the paragraph entitled 'Management of National Wildlife Refuges' in the General Appropriation Act, 1951, approved September 6, 1950 (64 Stat. 595, 693-694)." Approved August 30, 1964. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1753 (Comm. on Merchant Marine & Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 110 (1964): June 22: Considered and passed Senate. To provide for enforcement of rules and regulations for the protection, development, and administration of the national forests and national grasslands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Forest and June 4, 1897, as amended (30 Stat. 11, 35; 16 U.S.C. 551), second full grasslands. paragraph, page 35, and section 32(f), title III, of the Bankhead- Protection. Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (50 Stat. 526; 7 U.S.C. 1011(f)), are further amended by addition of the following sentence in each case: "Any person charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States commissioner specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in title 18, United States Code, section 3401, subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), as amended." Approved August 31, 1964. 62 Stat. 830. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1378 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 1447 (Comm. on Agriculture & Forestry). June 15: Passed House. Aug. 18: Considered and passed Senate. |