---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460gg–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460gg–3"
heading: "Present and future use of Snake River"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460gg-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XCI — Hells Canyon National Recreation Area"
---

# §460gg–3. Present and future use of Snake River

- (a) **Waters upstream from boundaries of area—** No provision of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [[16 U.S.C. 1271](/usc/16/1271.md) et seq.], nor of this subchapter, nor any guidelines, rules, or regulations issued hereunder, shall in any way limit, restrict, or conflict with present and future use of the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries upstream from the boundaries of the Hells Canyon National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) created hereby, for beneficial uses, whether consumptive or nonconsumptive, now or hereafter existing, including, but not limited to, domestic, municipal, stockwater, irrigation, mining, power, or industrial uses.
- (b) **Flow requirements—** No flow requirements of any kind may be imposed on the waters of the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam under the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [[16 U.S.C. 1271](/usc/16/1271.md) et seq.], of this subchapter, or any guidelines, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–199, § 6, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1118.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–542, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 906, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1271 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1271 of this title and Tables.