US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 160f

Administration

(a)

Authority of Secretary

39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–41

1 See References in Text note below.
Except as hereinafter provided, the Secretary shall administer the lands acquired for the park, and after establishment shall administer the park, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of () as amended and supplemented ().

(b)

Preservation of area as a wilderness; study and report to President; procedure for designation as a wilderness

section 1132 of this titleWithin four years from the date of establishment, the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the Voyageurs National Park and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of , his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the lakeshore for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness may be accomplished in accordance with said subsections. The President shall, no later than , advise the United States Senate and House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the suitability or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within the park.

(c)

Mining and mineral activities and commercial water power development within park boundaries

All mining and mineral activities and commercial water power development within the boundaries of the park shall be prohibited, and further, any conveyance from the State of Minnesota shall contain a covenant that the State of Minnesota, its licensees, permittees, lessees, assigns, or successors in interest shall not engage in or permit any mining activity nor water power development.

Pub. L. 91–661, § 30184 Stat. 1972Pub. L. 97–405, § 1(3)96 Stat. 2029(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–4act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 40839 Stat. 535section 100101 of Title 54section 1865(a) of Title 18Pub. L. 113–287128 Stat. 3094section 100101 of Title 54The Act of () as amended and supplemented (), referred to in subsec. (a), is , , known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under , National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, , , 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding .

Amendments

Pub. L. 97–4051983—Subsec. (b). inserted provision directing the President to advise the Senate and House of Representatives no later than , of his recommendation with respect to the suitability or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within the park.