---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460lll–42"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460lll–42"
heading: "Statement of policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460lll-42"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXIII — Land Between the Lakes Protection"
  - "Part C — Transfer Provisions"
---

# §460lll–42. Statement of policy


It is the policy of the United States that, to the maximum extent practicable—

- (1) the transfer of jurisdiction over the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) should be effected in an efficient and cost-effective manner; and
- (2) due consideration should be given to minimizing—
  - (A) disruption of the personal lives of the Tennessee Valley Authority and Forest Service employees; and
  - (B) adverse impacts on permittees, contractees, and others owning or operating businesses affected by the transfer.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title V, § 542], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–318.)