16 U.S.C. § 79m

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 79m - Annual reporting requirements; contents; comprehensive general management plan; submission date and scope

(a) The Secretary shall submit an annual written report to the Congress on January 1, 1979, and annually thereafter for ten years, reporting on the status of payment by the Secretary for real property acquired pursuant to section 79c(b)(1) and section 79b of this title; the status of the actions taken regarding land management practices and watershed rehabilitation efforts authorized by section 79c(e) and section 79k(b) of this title; the status of the efforts to mitigate adverse economic impacts as directed by this Act; this¹ status of National Park Service employment requirements as authorized by section 79l of this title; the status of the new bypass highway and of the agreement for the donation of the State park lands as contemplated by section 79c(b)(2) of this title; and, the status of the National Park Service general management plan for the park.

(b) No later than January 1, 1980, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, a comprehensive general management plan for Redwood National Park, to include but not be limited to the following:

(1) the objectives, goals, and proposed actions designed to assure the preservation and perpetuation of a natural redwood forest ecosystem;

(2) the type and level of visitor use to be accommodated by the park, by specific area, with specific indications of carrying capacities consistent with the protection of park resources;

(3) the type, extent, and estimated cost of development proposed to accommodate visitor use and to protect the resource, to include anticipated location of all major development areas, roads, and trails; and

(4) the specific locations and types of foot trail access to the Tall Trees Grove, of which one route shall, unless shown by the Secretary to be inadvisable, principally traverse the east side of Redwood Creek through the essentially virgin forest, connecting with the roadhead on the west side of the park east of Orick.

¹So in original. Probably should be "the".

16 U.S.C. § 79m

Pub. L. 95-250, title I, §104, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 170.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 79c(b)(1) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 101(a)(4) ... of this amendment", meaning section 101(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95-250 which amended section 79c(b)(1) of this title. Section 79b of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 101(a)(2) of this amendment", meaning section 101(a)(2) of Pub. L. 95-250 which amended subsecs. (a) and (b), and added subsec. (c), of section 79b of this title.Section 79c(e) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 101(a)(6) ... of this amendment", meaning section 101(a)(6) of Pub. L. 95-250 which amended section 79c(e) of this title.Section 79k(b) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 102(b) of this amendment", meaning section 102(b) of Pub. L. 95-250 which enacted section 79k(b) of this title.This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means Pub. L. 95-250, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 79c-1 and 79k to 79q of this title, amended former section 1a-1 and sections 79b and 79c of this title, and enacted provisions set out and formerly set out as notes under section 79k of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.Section 79l of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 102 of this amendment", meaning section 103 of Pub. L. 95-250 which enacted section 79l of this title. Section 79c(b)(2) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "section 101(a)(5) of this amendment", meaning section 101(a)(5) of Pub. L. 95-250 which amended section 79c(b)(2) of this title.

CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 90-545, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which comprises this subchapter.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

CHANGE OF NAMECommittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

REFERENCE TO SECRETARY AS REFERENCE TO SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; EXCEPTIONReference to Secretary, unless otherwise indicated, as reference to Secretary of Department of the Interior, see section 109 of Pub. L. 95-250 set out as a note under section 79k of this title.