Disposition of recreational demonstration projects

U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION 16 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Sec. 459r - Disposition of recreational demonstration projects From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§459r. Disposition of recreational demonstration projects

Except as provided in section 459s of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, with the approval of the President, to convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions thereof, without consideration, any or all of the recreational demonstration projects and lands, improvements, and equipment comprised within such projects transferred to him by Executive Order Numbered 7496, dated November 14, 1936, or any parts of such projects, when in his judgment such grantees or lessees are adequately prepared to administer, operate, and maintain such project areas for public park, recreational, and conservation purposes, or he may, with the approval of the President, transfer to other Federal agencies any of the aforesaid recreational demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.

(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, §1, 56 Stat. 326.)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Silver Creek Project Act July 30, 1947, ch. 351, 61 Stat. 519, provided: "That, in order to carry out the purposes of the act of June 6, 1942 [56 Stat. 326; sections 459r to 459t of this title], relating to the disposition of recreational demonstration areas, and to effectuate the transfer to the State of Oregon, pursuant to that act, of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, the following-described revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands shall hereafter be administered as a part of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the aforesaid Act of June 6, 1942: "willamette meridian "Township 8 south, range 1 east: "Section 13, east half southeast quarter and southeast quarter northeast quarter; "Section 25, all; "Section 35, north half northeast quarter northeast quarter and north half south half northeast quarter northeast quarter; "Township 8 south, range 2 east: "Section 17, south half southwest quarter and northwest quarter southwest quarter; "Section 19, lots 3, 4, and northeast quarter; "Section 29, west half; and "Section 31, north half; comprising one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and ninety-three one-hundredths acres. "Sec. 2. The following-described lands also shall become a part of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be subject to the provisions of the act of June 6, 1942, upon acquisition of title thereto by the Oregon and California Revested Lands Administration: "willamette meridian "Township 8 south, range 1 east: Section 36, northeast quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half south half southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half northwest quarter northwest quarter, and north half south half northwest quarter northwest quarter; comprising two hundred and sixty acres."

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12, 1958, 23 F.R. 973, set out as a note under section 715j of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Ex. Ord. No. 7496. Transfer of Recreational Demonstration Projects Ex. Ord. No. 7496, Nov. 14, 1936, 1 F.R. 1946, provided: By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200) (title 15, sections 701 to 712), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public, No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) I hereby order as follows: 1. There is transferred from the Resettlement Administration to the Secretary of the Interior (a) all the real and personal property or any interest therein, together with all contracts, options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda, records, etc., acquired by the Resettlement Administration in connection with the recreational demonstration projects set forth in the attached schedule with funds appropriated or made available to carry out the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act by the Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933 (48 Stat. 274, 275), and by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 (48 Stat. 1055), and with funds appropriated by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) and (b) all personnel, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, now employed in connection with the acquisition of land for those recreational demonstration projects, together with all administration personnel records pertaining to the employees transferred, and to those employees engaged in development activities as of July 31, 1936, who were released by the Resettlement Administration on that date to permit the Department of the Interior to enter them on its rolls as of August 1. 2. There is transferred and allocated to the Secretary of the Interior all balances of appropriations heretofore made available to or allotted for expenditure by the Resettlement Administration both for acquiring land for the recreational demonstration projects set forth in the attached schedule and for developing those projects, under the said National Industrial Recovery Act, Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, to be used for the purposes for which such funds were made available or allotted to the Resettlement Administration. The Secretary of the Interior shall assume all outstanding obligations, commitments, and encumbrances heretofore incurred by the Resettlement Administration in connection with the said projects. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, through the National Park Service, to complete and administer the projects transferred to him by this Executive Order and to exercise with respect to any real or personal property or any interest therein, contracts, options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda, and records acquired in connection with such projects, all the powers and functions given to the Resettlement Administration in connection therewith by Executive Orders Nos. 7027 and 7028 of April 30, 1935, and April 30, 1935, respectively. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the administrative functions transferred and delegated to him by this Executive Order. Schedule of Recreational Demonstration Projects OP No.RA No.Name

65–11–24 LD–ME–2 Camden Hills

56–143 LP–ME–2 Camden Hills

65–11–25 LD–ME–3 Acadia

56–144 LP–ME–3 Acadia

65–25–340 LD–MD–4 Catoctin

56–147 LP–MD–4 Catoctin

65–13–145 LD–NH–1 Bear Brook

56–183 LP–NH–1 Bear Brook

65–23–3466 LD–PA–6 Racoon Creek

56–232 LP–PA–6 Racoon Creek

65–23–3467 LD–PA–7 French Creek

56–233 LP–PA–7 French Creek

65–23–3468 LD–PA–8 Laurel Hill

56–234 LP–PA–8 Laurel Hill

65–23–3469 LD–PA–11 Blue Knob

56–235 LP–PA–11 Blue Knob

65–23–3470 LD–PA–12 Hickory Run

56–236 LP–PA–12 Hickory Run

65–16–365 LD–RI–2 Beach Pond

56–238 LP–RI–2 Beach Pond

65–51–3019 LD–MI–4 Waterloo

56–152 LP–MI–4 Waterloo

65–51–3020 LD–MI–6 Yankee Springs

56–153 LP–MI–6 Yankee Springs

65–71–4637 LD–MN–7 St. Croix

56–160 LP–MN–7 St. Croix

65–54–1683 LD–IL–5 Pere Marquette

56–126 LP–IL–5 Pere Marquette

65–52–2067 LD–IN–5 Versailles

56–129 LP–IN–5 Versailles

65–52–2068 LD–IN–6 Winemac

56–130 LP–IN–6 Winemac

65–55–2838 LD–MO–6 Lake of the Ozarks

56–167 LP–MO–6 Lake of the Ozarks

65–55–2839 LD–MO–7 Cuivre River

56–168 LP–MO–7 Cuivre River

65–55–2840 LD–MO–8 Montserrat

56–169 LP–MO–8 Montserrat

65–43–1491 LD–KY–4 Otter Creek

56–136 LP–KY–4 Otter Creek

65–32–1133 LD–NC–8 Crabtree Creek

56–203 LP–NC–8 Crabtree Creek

65–32–1134 LD–NC–11 Appalachian National Parkway (Blue Ridge Parkway)

56–204 LP–NC–11 Appalachian National Parkway (Blue Ridge Parkway)

65–44–1315 LD–TN–11 Montgomery Bell

56–266 LP–TN–11 Montgomery Bell

65–44–1316 LD–TN–12 Shelby Forest Park

56–267 LP–TN–12 Shelby Forest Park

65–44–1317 LD–TN–13 Falls Creek Falls

56–268 LP–TN–13 Falls Creek Falls

65–31–1155 LD–VA–5 Swift Creek

56–277 LP–VA–5 Swift Creek

65–31–1156 LD–VA–6 Chopawamsic

56–278 LP–VA–6 Chopawamsic

65–31–1158 LD–VA–7 Shenandoah National Park

56–279 LP–VA–7 Shenandoah National Park

65–31–1516 LD–VA–8 Appalachian National Park

56–280 LP–VA–8 Appalachian National Park

65–31–1157 LD–VA–9 Bull Run

56–281 LP–VA–9 Bull Run

65–31–1159 LD–VA–13 Waysides

56–282 LP–VA–13 Waysides

65–61–1184 LD–AL–11 Oak Mountain

56–96 LP–AL–11 Oak Mountain

65–34–3167 LD–GA–9 Hard Labor Creek

56–120 LP–GA–9 Hard Labor Creek

65–34–3168 LD–GA–11 Alex Stephens Memorial

56–121 LP–GA–11 Alex Stephens Memorial

65–34–3169 LD–GA–12 Pine Mountain

56–122 LP–GA–12 Pine Mountain

65–33–1838 LD–SC–7 Cheraw

56–243 LP–SC–7 Cheraw

65–33–1839 LD–SC–8 Kings Mountain

56–244 LP–SC–8 Kings Mountain

65–33–1840 LD–SC–12 Waysides

56–245 LP–SC–12 Waysides

65–73–221 LD–ND–12 Roosevelt Park

56–216 LP–ND–12 Roosevelt Park

65–74–1475 LD–SD–14 Badlands

56–259 LP–SD–14 Badlands

65–74–1476 LD–SD–15 Custer Park

56–260 LP–SD–15 Custer Park

65–65–695 LD–OK–9 Lake Murray

56–225 LP–OK–9 Lake Murray

65–03–1801 LD–CF–5 Mendocino Woodlands

56–104 LP–CF–5 Mendocino Woodlands

65–83–245 LD–WY–2 Lake Guernsey

56–297 LP–WY–2 Lake Guernsey

65–94–677 LD–OR–4 Silver Creek

56–299 LP–OR–4 Silver Creek

65–85–932 LD–NM–14 White Sands

56–197 LP–NM–14 White Sands