16 USC § 271e - Report to President

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s271e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 271e - Report to President"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "271e"
section_name: "Report to President"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXIX"
subchapter_name: "CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–590, § 6, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421.)"
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# § 271e. Report to President

November 12, 1971

Within three years from , the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title, his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the national park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with said section 1132(c) and (d) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–590, § 6, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421.)