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• United States Code
• TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
• CHAPTER 28 - WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS

                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 90-542, Sec. 10, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 916.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L.
    88-577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is
    classified generally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this
    title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and
    Tables.
      The Acts under which the national park system and the national
    wildlife system are administered, referred to in subsec. (c), are
    classified generally to this title.
                               CODIFICATION                           
      The first reference to the Wilderness Act in subsec. (b) was in
    the original a reference to the Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat.
    890).
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or
    other official in Department of the Interior and Secretary or other
    official in Department of Agriculture under this chapter to Federal
    Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas
    Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of
    Energy, see note set out under section 1278 of this title.
     MANAGEMENT OF SEGMENT OF SALMON RIVER DESIGNATED AS COMPONENT OF
    WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SYSTEM LOCATED WITHIN FRANK CHURCH - RIVER OF
              NO RETURN WILDERNESS OR GOSPEL-HUMP WILDERNESS
      Pub. L. 96-312, Sec. 9(b), July 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 953, as
    amended Pub. L. 98-231, Sec. 1, Mar. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 60,
    provided: "That segment of the main Salmon River designated as a
    component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System by this Act [see 16
    U.S.C. 1274(a)(24)], which lies within the Frank Church - River of
    No Return Wilderness or the Gospel-Hump Wilderness designated by
    Public Law 95-237 [Pub. L. 95-237, Sec. 4, Feb. 24, 1978, 92 Stat.
    43], shall be managed under the provisions of the Wild and Scenic
    Rivers Act, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq], and the regulations
    promulgated pursuant thereto, notwithstanding section 10(b) of the
    Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1281(b)] or any provisions of
    the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] to the contrary."
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in section 1274 of this title.