Notes on 43 U.S.C. § 869 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 43 U.S.C. § 869 : US Code - Notes

(June 14, 1926, ch. 578, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 741; June 4, 1954, ch.
263, 68 Stat. 173; Pub. L. 86-66, Sec. 2, June 23, 1959, 73 Stat.
110; Pub. L. 86-292, Sec. 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 571; Pub. L.
86-755, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 899; Pub. L. 94-579, title II,
Sec. 212(a), (b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2759.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 682a to 682e of this title, referred to in subsec. (c),
were repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 21,
1976, 90 Stat. 2787.
AMENDMENTS
1976 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-579, Sec. 212(a), inserted
provisions requiring lands proposed to be disposed not to be of
national significance nor more than reasonably necessary for the
proposed use, provisions relating to proposals of over 640 acres,
and provisions relating to participation by affected individuals.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94-579, Sec. 212(b), in cl. (A) inserted
reference to State political subdivision and struck out limitation
of three sites, limitation of six sites for calendar years 1960,
1961, and 1962, and proviso for additional sites where conveyances
in one year did not meet the authorized number, in cl. (B)
substituted "nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association" for
"political subdivision of a State", and in cl. (C) substituted
provisions relating to authorization for a calendar year, for
provisions authorizing six hundred and forty acres to any nonprofit
corporation or association.
1960 - Subsec. (b)(i)(A). Pub. L. 86-755 inserted "or the State
park agency or any other agency having jurisdiction over the State
park system of said State designated by the Governor of that State
as its sole representative for acceptance of lands under this
provision," after "State" and inserted proviso.
1959 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-292 substituted acreage
limitations making special allowances to States for recreational
areas for provision which limited conveyance to 640 acres to any
one grantee in any one calendar year.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-66 substituted provisions making sections
869 to 869-4 of this title inapplicable, except insofar as those
sections apply to leases of land to States and counties and to
State and Federal instrumentalities and political subdivisions and
to municipal corporations, to revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands
in the State of Oregon, for provisions which made those sections
inapplicable to the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant
lands and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands.
1954 - Act June 4, 1954, divided provisions of act June 14, 1926,
on which this section is based, into separate sections (now set out
as this section and sections 869-1 to 869-4 of this title), and
changed provisions generally to broaden authority of Secretary of
the Interior to dispose of public lands for public purposes (1) by
including provisions for disposal thereof to Territories (including
Alaska), other political subdivisions, and nonprofit corporations
and associations rather than to States, counties, and
municipalities only, (2) by permitting the disposal thereof for
"public" purposes, rather than merely for "recreational" purposes
as theretofore, (3) by striking out "nonmineral" in describing the
lands which may be so disposed of, (4) by inserting limitation
provisions set out in subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section, (5) by
amending and transferring to section 2 of that act (section 869-1
of this title) provisions governing methods of, and conditions with
respect to the, disposing of the lands for those purposes (see
Prior Provisions note set out under section 869-1 of this title),
including provision for the reservation of mineral deposits, (6) by
amending and transferring to section 3 of that act (section 869-2
of this title) provisions with respect to reversion of the lands to
the United States in certain cases (see Prior Provisions note set
out under section 869-2 of this title), (7) by enacting, as section
4 of that act, provisions set out as section 869-3 of this title,
and (8) by inserting provision in this section that disposals
should be made "upon application by a duly qualified applicant"
under section 869-1 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 86-755 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 86-755
is effective Sept. 21, 1959.
SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100-648, Sec. 1, Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3813, provided
that: "This Act [amending section 869-2 of this title and enacting
provisions set out as notes under section 869-2 of this title] may
be cited as the 'Recreation and Public Purposes Amendment Act of
1988'."
SHORT TITLE
Act June 14, 1926, ch. 578, 44 Stat. 741, which enacted sections
869 to 869-4 of this title, is popularly known as the "Recreation
and Public Purposes Act".
SAVINGS PROVISION
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-579 not to be construed as terminating
any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976,
see section 701 of Pub. L. 94-579, set out as a note under section
1701 of this title.
(!1) See References in Text note below.