Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k et seq)

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(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 987, § 3, 70 Stat. 1065.)
§ 460h. Costs of surveys or relocation of boundaries
The costs of any surveys or the relocation of
boundary markers necessary as an incident of a
conveyance or other property transfer under
this subchapter shall be borne by the grantee.
(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 987, § 4, 70 Stat. 1066.)
§ 460i. Delegation of powers; regulations
The Secretary of the Army may delegate any
authority conferred upon him by this subchapter
to any officer or employee of the Department of
the Army. Any such officer or employee shall
exercise the authority so delegated under rules
and regulations approved by the Secretary.

none of the aforesaid refuges, hatcheries, game
ranges, and other conservation areas shall be
used during any fiscal year for those forms of
recreation that are not directly related to the
primary purposes and functions of the individual
areas until the Secretary shall have determined—
(a) that such recreational use will not interfere with the primary purposes for which the
areas were established, and
(b) that funds are available for the development, operation, and maintenance of these
permitted forms of recreation. This section
shall not be construed to repeal or amend previous enactments relating to particular areas.
(Pub. L. 87–714, § 1, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 653;
Pub. L. 89–669, § 9, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930.)

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 987, § 5, 70 Stat. 1066.)

AMENDMENTS

§ 460j. Disposition of proceeds
The proceeds from any sale made under this
subchapter shall be covered into the Treasury of
the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

SUBCHAPTER LXVIII—NATIONAL
CONSERVATION RECREATIONAL AREAS
§ 460k. Public recreation use of fish and wildlife
conservation areas; compatibility with conservation purposes; appropriate incidental
or secondary use; consistency with other
Federal operations and primary objectives of
particular areas; curtailment; forms of recreation not directly related to primary purposes of individual areas; repeal or amendment of provisions for particular areas
In recognition of mounting public demands for
recreational opportunities on areas within the
National Wildlife Refuge System, national fish
hatcheries, and other conservation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior for fish
and wildlife purposes; and in recognition also of
the resulting imperative need, if such recreational opportunities are provided, to assure
that any present or future recreational use will
be compatible with, and will not prevent accomplishment of, the primary purposes for which
the said conservation areas were acquired or established, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, as an appropriate incidental or secondary use, to administer such areas or parts
thereof for public recreation when in his judgment public recreation can be an appropriate incidental or secondary use: Provided, That such
public recreation use shall be permitted only to
the extent that is practicable and not inconsistent with other previously authorized Federal
operations or with the primary objectives for
which each particular area is established: Provided further, That in order to insure accomplishment of such primary objectives, the Secretary, after consideration of all authorized
uses, purposes, and other pertinent factors relating to individual areas, shall curtail public
recreation use generally or certain types of public recreation use within individual areas or in
portions thereof whenever he considers such action to be necessary: And provided further, That

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1966—Pub. L. 89–669 substituted ‘‘areas within the National Wildlife Refuge System’’ for ‘‘national wildlife
refuges, game ranges’’ in introductory text.
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 87–714, which enacted this subchapter, is popularly known as the ‘‘Refuge Recreation Act’’.

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 987, § 6, 70 Stat. 1066.)

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§ 460k–1. Acquisition of lands for recreational development; funds
The Secretary is authorized to acquire areas
of land, or interests therein, which are suitable
for—
(1) incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreational development,
(2) the protection of natural resources,
(3) the conservation of endangered species or
threatened species listed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1533 of this title, or
(4) carrying out two or more of the purposes
set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this
section, and are adjacent to, or within, the
said conservation areas, except that the acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant
to this section shall be accomplished only
with such funds as may be appropriated therefor by the Congress or donated for such purposes, but such property shall not be acquired
with funds obtained from the sale of Federal
migratory bird hunting stamps.
Lands acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the particular conservation area
to which they are adjacent.
(Pub. L. 87–714, § 2, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 653;
Pub. L. 92–534, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1063; Pub. L.
93–205, § 13(d), Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 902.)
AMENDMENTS
1973—Pub. L. 93–205 inserted references to the acquisition of interest in land the conservation of endangered
species or threatened species listed by the Secretary
pursuant to section 1533 of this title.
1972—Pub. L. 92–534 substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary to acquire lands suitable for fish
and wildlife oriented recreational development, or for
the protection of natural resources and adjacent to
conservation areas, for provisions authorizing the Secretary to acquire limited areas of land for recreational
development adjacent to conservation areas in existence or approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation
Commission as of September 28, 1962.

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