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

16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–59

No adverse effect on land until acquired

section 100903 of title 54section 1865(b) of title 1842 U.S.C. 7401Unless and until acquired by the United States, no lands within the boundaries of wilderness areas or National Park System units designated or enlarged by this Act that are owned by any person or entity other than the United States shall be subject to any of the rules or regulations applicable solely to the Federal lands within such boundaries and may be used to the extent allowed by applicable law. Neither the location of such lands within such boundaries nor the possible acquisition of such lands by the United States shall constitute a bar to the otherwise lawful issuance of any Federal license or permit other than a license or permit related to activities governed by . Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the applicability of any provision of , subchapter III of chapter 1007 of title 54, the Clean Air Act ( et seq.), or regulations applicable to oil and gas development as set forth in 36 CFR 9B.

Pub. L. 103–433, title V, § 519108 Stat. 4495(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 3 of Pub. L. 103–433section 410aaa of this titleThis Act, referred to in text, is defined in , which is set out as a Definitions note under .

act July 14, 1955, ch. 36069 Stat. 322section 7401 of Title 42The Clean Air Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 85 (§ 7401 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

section 100903 of title 5416 U.S.C. 460lsection 1865(b) of title 1816 U.S.C. 1901Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e)128 Stat. 3272In text, “” substituted for “–22(c)” and “, subchapter III of chapter 1007 of title 54” substituted for “the Mining in the Parks Act ( et seq.)” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.