---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460lll–11"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460lll–11"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460lll-11"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXIII — Land Between the Lakes Protection"
  - "Part A — Establishment, Administration, and Jurisdiction"
---

# §460lll–11. Establishment

- (a) **In general—** On the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under [section 460lll–41](/usc/16/460lll–41.md) of this title, the Land Between the Lakes National [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) in the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) of Kentucky and Tennessee is established as a [unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the National Forest System.
- (b) **Management—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall manage the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) for [multiple use](/usc/16/531.md?p=a) as a [unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the National Forest System.
  - (2) **Emphases—** The emphases in the management of the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) shall be—
    - (A) to provide public recreational opportunities;
    - (B) to conserve [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) and their habitat; and
    - (C) to provide for diversity of [native](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16) and desirable non-[native](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16) plants, animals, opportunities for hunting and fishing, and environmental education.
  - (3) **Status of unit—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall administer the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) as a separate [unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the National Forest System.
- (c) **Area included—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) shall comprise the federally owned land, water, and interests in the land and water lying between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley in the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) of Kentucky and Tennessee, as generally depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Land Between the Lakes National [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12)—January, 1998”.
  - (2) **Map—** The [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
- (d) **Waters—**
  - (1) **Water levels and navigation—** Nothing in this subchapter affects the jurisdiction of the Tennessee Valley Authority or the Army Corps of Engineers to manage and regulate water levels and navigation of Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley and [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) subject to flood easements.
  - (2) **Occupancy and use—** Subject to the jurisdiction of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers, the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall have jurisdiction to regulate the occupancy and use of the surface waters of the lakes for recreational purposes.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title V, § 511], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–312; Pub. L. 117–328, div. DD, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5582.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 117–328 added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may administer the Recreation Area as a separate unit of the National Forest System or in conjunction with an existing national forest.”