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16 U.S.C. § 460mmm

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United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 460mmm, Findings and purpose, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445227
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Congress finds that certain areas located in the Grand Valley in Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, should be protected and enhanced for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. These areas include the following: The purpose of this subchapter is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and nationally important values of the public lands described in section 460mmm–2(b) of this title, including geological, cultural, paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, environmental, biological, wilderness, wildlife education, and scenic resources of such public lands, by establishing the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness in the State of Colorado and the State of Utah.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 106-353(H.R. 4275)2000-10-24
    Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 108-400(H.R. 4827)2004-10-30
    To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally