Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES · Part C— El Malpais National Conservation Area · § 460uu–21

§ 460uu–21. Establishment; description of area

296 words·~1 min read·/usc/title-16/section-460uu-21

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

In order to protect for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations that area in western New Mexico containing the La Ventana Natural Arch and the other unique and na­tionally important geological, archeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, and wilderness resources of the public lands surrounding the Grants Lava Flows, there is hereby established the El Malpais National Conservation Area (hereinafter referred to as the “conservation area”). The conservation area shall consist of approximately 262,690 acres of federally owned land as generally depicted on a map entitled “El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area” numbered NM–ELMA–80,001–B and dated May 1987.
The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior. As soon as practicable after December 31, 1987 , the Secretary shall file a legal description of the conservation area designated under this section with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives. Such legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description.
The legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. ( Pub. L. 100–225, title III, § 301 , Dec. 31, 1987 , 101 Stat. 1541 .)
Connections2 off-index
2 references not yet in our index
  • Pub. L. 100-225
  • 101 Stat. 1541
Citation graph
cites case law
§ 460uu–21
Establishment; description of area
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100-225
Stat.101 Stat. 1541
Cites 2Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.