2012 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 51 - ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION (§§ 3101 - 3233)
Subchapter VI - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 3191 - 3215)
Section 3197 - Revenue-producing visitor services
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 51 - ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION SUBCHAPTER VI - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sec. 3197 - Revenue-producing visitor services |
Contains | section 3197 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, §1307, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 105-333, §10, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3134. |
Statutes at Large References | 89 Stat. 1150 94 Stat. 2479, 2371 112 Stat. 3134 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-204, Public Law 96-487, Public Law 105-333 |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as he determines are reasonable, shall permit any persons who, on or before January 1, 1979, were engaged in adequately providing any type of visitor service within any area established as or added to a conservation system unit to continue providing such type of service and similar types of visitor services within such area if such service or services are consistent with the purposes for which such unit is established or expanded.
(b) PreferenceNotwithstanding provisions of law other than those contained in subsection (a), of this section, in selecting persons to provide (and in contracting for the provision of) any type of visitor service for any conservation system unit, except sport fishing and hunting guiding activities, the Secretary—
(1) shall give preference to the Native Corporations which the Secretary determines are most directly affected by the establishment or expansion of such unit by or under the provisions of this Act;
(2) shall give preference to persons whom he determines, by rule, are local residents; and
(3) shall, consistent with the provisions of this section, offer to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, in cooperation with Village Corporations within the Cook Inlet Region when appropriate, the right of first refusal to provide new revenue producing visitor services within the Kenai National Moose Range or that portion of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within the boundaries of the Cook Inlet Region that right to remain open for a period of ninety days as agreed to in paragraph VIII of the document referred to in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204).
(c) “Visitor service” definedAs used in this section, the term “visitor service” means any service made available for a fee or charge to persons who visit a conservation system unit, including such services as providing food, accommodations, transportation, tours, and guides excepting the guiding of sport hunting and fishing. Nothing in this Act shall limit or affect the authority of the Federal Government or the State of Alaska to license and regulate transportation services.
(Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, §1307, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 105–333, §10, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3134.)
References in TextThis Act, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1) and (c), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.
Section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204), referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is section 12 of Pub. L. 94–204, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1150, which is set out as a note under section 1611 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Amendments1998—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–333 substituted “Native Corporations” for “Native Corporation” and “are most directly affected” for “is most directly affected”.
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