yourstate.us
Home / United States / 16 U.S.C.
16 U.S.C. § 460rrr–1

Establishment of Rio Grande Natural Area

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460rrr–1, Establishment of Rio Grande Natural Area, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445307
Permanent ID
ys:prov:445307@1
SHA-256
404375b40fce34a0120a65913bc2ae919de201118cdcfda555f41fc5c8e70af1

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

There is established the Rio Grande Natural Area in the State of Colorado to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the Natural Area. The Natural Area shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending ¼ mile on either side of the bank of the River. As soon as practicable after October 12, 2006, the Secretary shall prepare a map and legal description of the Natural Area. The map and legal description of the Natural Area shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct any minor errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description of the Natural Area shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

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. 109-337(S. 56)2006-10-12
    Rio Grande Natural Area Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally