16 USC § 8412 - Identifying opportunities for recreation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s8412"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 8412 - Identifying opportunities for recreation"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "8412"
section_name: "Identifying opportunities for recreation"
chapter_number: 103
chapter_name: "EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "OUTDOOR RECREATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Outdoor Recreation Policy"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 112, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)"
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# § 8412. Identifying opportunities for recreation

**(a)** **Inventory and assessments**

**(1)** **In general** The Secretary concerned shall—

**(A)** conduct an inventory and assessment of recreation resources for Federal recreational lands and waters;

**(B)** develop the inventory and assessment with support from public comment; and

**(C)** update the inventory and assessment as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate.

**(2)** **Unique recreation values** An inventory and assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall—

**(A)** recognize—

**(i)** any unique recreation values and recreation opportunities; and

**(ii)** areas of concentrated recreational use; and

**(B)** identify, list, and map recreation resources by—

**(i)** type of recreation opportunity and type of natural or artificial recreation infrastructure;

**(ii)** to the extent available, the level of use of the recreation resource as of the date of the inventory; and

**(iii)** identifying, to the extent practicable, any trend relating to recreation opportunities or use at a recreation resource identified under subparagraph (A).

**(3)** **Assessments** For any recreation resource inventoried under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall assess—

**(A)** the maintenance needs of, and expenses necessary to administer, the recreation resource;

**(B)** the suitability for developing, expanding, or enhancing the recreation resource; and

**(C)** the adequacy of the current management of the recreation resource.

**(b)** **Existing efforts** To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable research and planning decisions and processes in carrying out this section.

**(c)** **Omitted** 

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 112, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)

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### Codification

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