US Code

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

16 U.S.C. § 460w–5

Administration, protection, and development of lakeshore by Secretary

(a)

In general

39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 11

1 See References in Text note below.
section 101511 of title 54The lakeshore shall be administered, protected, and developed in accordance with this section and the provisions of the Act of (; , 2–4), as amended and supplemented; and , except that any other statutory authority available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of this subchapter.

(b)

Federal use

section 460w of this titleNotwithstanding subsection (c) of —
(1)
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may operate, maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace any Federal aid to navigation located at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light for as long as such aid is needed for navigational purposes; and
(2)
in carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1), such Secretary may enter, at any time, the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light or any Federal aid to navigation at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, for as long as such aid is needed for navigational purposes, without notice to the extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
(c)

Clarification of authority

Pursuant to existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the lakeshore.

Pub. L. 91–424, § 684 Stat. 881Pub. L. 113–291, div. B, title XXX, § 3030(2)128 Stat. 3766(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1act 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 (; , 2–4), 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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3,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 .

Codification

section 101511 of title 5443 Stat. 9016 U.S.C. 8aPub. L. 113–287, § 6(e)128 Stat. 3272In subsec. (a), “” substituted for “the Act of (; et seq.), as amended” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

Amendments

Pub. L. 113–2912014— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “this section and” before “the provisions of”, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).