16 U.S.C. § 1276
Rivers constituting potential additions to national wild and scenic rivers system
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 1276, Rivers constituting potential additions to national wild and scenic rivers system, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446954
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The following rivers are hereby designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system:
The 75.4-mile segment within the Huron-Manistee National Forest as follows:
The 32-mile segment of the Ontonagon as follows:
The 70-mile segment as follows:
The 103.5-mile segment as follows—
The following segments:
The following segments:
The approximately 50-mile segment beginning at the source in southeastern Hillsborough County, Florida, downstream to the point at which the river enters Tampa Bay, including appropriate tributaries, but shall not include—
The Secretary shall—
Not later than 3 years after October 19, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior—
Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall—
Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall—
Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall—
In assessing the potential additions to the wild and scenic river system, the report submitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall—
determine the effect of the designation on—
identify any authorities that, in a case in which an area studied under paragraph (142), (143), or (144) of subsection (a) is designated under this chapter—
would authorize or require the Secretary of the Interior—
Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall—
Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall—
The study of any of said rivers shall be pursued in as close cooperation with appropriate agencies of the affected State and its political subdivisions as possible, shall be carried on jointly with such agencies if request for such joint study is made by the State and shall include a determination of the degree to which the State or its political subdivisions might participate in the preservation and administration of the river should it be proposed for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system.
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.
- An Act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Chattooga River, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (82 Stat. 906), as amended, to designate segments of certain rivers for possible inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system; to amend the Lower Saint Croix River Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1174), and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to establish the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Oregon and Idaho, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the commemoration of the efforts of Goodloe Byron to protect the Appalachian Trail, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to establish the Channel Islands National Park, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to modify the boundary of the Pike National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Illinois River in Oregon and the Owyhee River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic River System, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to designate certain river segments in New Jersey as study rivers for potential inclusion in the national wild and scenic river system.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Merced River in California as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To correct an error in Private Law 100-29 (relating to certain lands in Lamar County, Alabama).House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Pemigewasset River Study Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Merrimack River Study Act of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to study the eligibility of the St. Marys River in the States of Florida and Georgia for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Mills River in the State of North Carolina for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990House: 356–45Senate: no recorded tally
- Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 1991House: 333–71Senate: no recorded tally
- Lamprey River Study Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- White Clay Creek Study ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Michigan Scenic Rivers Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating certain segments of the Allegheny River in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Entitled "Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Lower Merced River in California as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend the Wild and Scenic River Act.House: 256–84Senate: no recorded tally
- An Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Rio Grande Designation Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Wekiva River, Seminole Creek, and Rock Springs Run in the State of Florida for study and potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996House: 404–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Taunton River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2005House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
- Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally