16 USC § 460n - Administration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s460n"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 460n - Administration"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "460n"
section_name: "Administration"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXXII"
subchapter_name: "LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–639, § 1, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1039.)"
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# § 460n. Administration

In recognition of the national significance of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in the States of Arizona and Nevada, and in order to establish a more adequate basis for effective administration of such area for the public benefit, the Secretary of the Interior hereafter may exercise the functions and carry out the activities prescribed by this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–639, § 1, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1039.)