16 U.S.C. § 670c
Program for public outdoor recreation
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 670c, Program for public outdoor recreation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446074
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The Secretary of Defense is also authorized to carry out a program for the development, enhancement, operation, and maintenance of public outdoor recreation resources at military installations in accordance with an integrated natural resources management plan mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the appropriate State agency designated by the State in which the installations are located.
Persons referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
In connection with the facilities and programs for public outdoor recreation at military installations, in particular the requirement under subsection (b) to provide access for persons described in paragraph (2) of such subsection, the Secretary of Defense may accept—
A volunteer under subsection (c) shall not be considered to be a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits, except that—
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. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to extend and expand the authority for carrying out conservation and rehabilitation programs on military reservations, and to authorize the implementation of such programs on certain public lands.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
- Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999