54 U.S.C. § 200306 Allocation of Fund Amounts For Federal Purposes

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

(a) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND SUBPURPOSES.-

(1) IN GENERAL.-Amounts appropriated from the Fund for Federal purposes shall, unless otherwise allotted in the appropriation Act making them available, be allotted by the President for the purposes and subpurposes stated in this subsection.

(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND OR WATER.-

(A) SYSTEM UNITS AND RECREATION AREAS ADMINISTERED FOR RECREATION PURPOSES.-Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within the exterior boundary of-

(i) a System unit authorized or established; and

(ii) an area authorized to be administered by the Secretary for outdoor recreation purposes.

(B) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.-

(i) IN GENERAL.-Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within inholdings within-

(I) wilderness areas of the National Forest System; and

(II) other areas of national forests as the boundaries of those forests existed on January 1, 1965, or purchase units approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission subsequent to January 1, 1965, all of which other areas are primarily of value for outdoor recreation purposes.

(ii) ADJACENT LAND.-Land outside but adjacent to an existing national forest boundary, not to exceed 3,000 acres in the case of any one forest, that would comprise an integral part of a forest recreational management area may also be acquired with amounts appropriated from the Fund.

(C) ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES; FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE AREAS; NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.-Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water for-

(i) endangered species and threatened species authorized under section 5(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1534(a) );

(ii) areas authorized by section 2 of the Refuge Recreation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 460k-1 );

(iii) national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(4) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 ( 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4) ) and wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 ( 16 U.S.C. 3922 ); and

(iv) any area authorized for the National Wildlife Refuge System by specific Acts.

(3) PAYMENT AS OFFSET OF CAPITAL COSTS.-Amounts shall be allotted for payment into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury as a partial offset for capital costs, if any, of Federal water development projects authorized to be constructed by or pursuant to an Act of Congress that are allocated to public recreation and the enhancement of fish and wildlife values and financed through appropriations to water resource agencies.