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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 17k. Park, parkway and recreational-area programs; study by National Park Service; consent of States; purpose; cooperation of government agencies
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
"Secretary") is authorized and directed to cause the National Park
Service to make a comprehensive study, other than on lands under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, of the public
park, parkway, and recreational-area programs of the United States,
and of the several States and political subdivisions thereof, and
of the lands throughout the United States which are or may be
chiefly valuable as such areas, but no such study shall be made in
any State without the consent and approval of the State officials,
boards, or departments having jurisdiction over such lands and park
areas. The said study shall be such as, in the judgment of the
Secretary, will provide data helpful in developing a plan for
coordinated and adequate public park, parkway, and
recreational-area facilities for the people of the United States.
In making the said study and in accomplishing any of the purposes
of this section and sections 17l to 17n of this title, the
Secretary is authorized and directed, through the National Park
Service, to seek and accept the cooperation and assistance of
Federal departments or agencies having jurisdiction of lands
belonging to the United States, and may cooperate and make
agreements with and seek and accept the assistance of other Federal
agencies and instrumentalities, and of States and political
subdivisions thereof and the agencies and instrumentalities of
either of them.
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