---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 230g"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "230g"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations; general management plan; submission to Congressional committees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/230g"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXV — Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve"
  - "Part A — Generally"
---

# §230g. Authorization of appropriations; general management plan; submission to Congressional committees

- (a) There is authorized to be appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this part, not to exceed $50,000,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of lands, waters, and interests therein and such sums as necessary for the development of essential facilities.
- (b) Within three years from November 10, 1978, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), after consultation with the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c), shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a general [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) indicating—
  - (1) transportation alternatives for public access to the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3);
  - (2) the number of visitors and types of public use within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) which can be accommodated in accordance with the protection of its resources;
  - (3) the location and estimated cost of facilities deemed necessary to accommodate such visitors and uses; and
  - (4) a statement setting forth the actions which have been and should be taken to assure appropriate protection, interpretation, and management of the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) known as Big Oak Island and Couba Island.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 908, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3537.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–625, set out as a note under section 45f of this title.