---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460ccc–3"
heading: "Management plan"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460ccc-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXIV — Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area"
---

# §460ccc–3. Management plan

- (a) **In general—**
  - (1) No later than January 1, 1997, the [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) shall develop and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives, a general [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a), which shall describe the appropriate uses and development of the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
  - (2) The [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) shall be developed with full public participation and shall include—
    - (A) an implementation plan for a continuing program of interpretation and public education about the resources and values of the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a);
    - (B) a proposal for administrative and public facilities to be developed, expanded, or improved for the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) including the Red Rock Canyon visitors center, to accommodate visitors to the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a);
    - (C) a cultural resources [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) prepared in consultation with the Nevada [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) Historic Preservation Officer, with emphasis on the preservation of the resources in the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) and the interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these resources, giving priority to the enforcement of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ([16 U.S.C. 470aa](/usc/16/470aa.md) et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act[^1] within the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a);
    - (D) a wildlife resource [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Nevada and using previous studies of the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A); and
    - (E) a recreation [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k), including nonmotorized dispersed recreation opportunities for the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) in consultation with appropriate departments of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Nevada.
- (b) **Wilderness study areas—** Subject to [section 460ccc–5 of this title](/usc/16/460ccc–5.md), nothing in this subchapter is intended to alter the requirements of [section 1782 of title 43](/usc/43/1782.md), or [section 5(a)](/usc/16/5.md) of the National Forest and [Public Lands](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=b) of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2751), as those requirements apply to the lands within, or adjacent to the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) as of November 16, 1990.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–621, § 5, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3343; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(23), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 103–450, § 2(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4766.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 96–95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, which is classified generally to chapter 1B (§ 470aa et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 470aa of this title and Tables.

The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 89–665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, which was classified generally to subchapter II (§ 470 et seq.) of chapter 1A of this title. The Act, except for section 1, was repealed and restated in division A (§ 300101 et seq.) of subtitle III of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

Section 5(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 5(a) of Pub. L. 100–550, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2751, which is not classified to the Code.

### Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–450 substituted “No later than January 1, 1997,” for “Within 3 full fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the date of enactment of this subchapter occurs,”.

Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.