16 U.S.C. § 797a

Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments

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On and after March 3, 1921, no permit, license, lease, or authorization for dams, conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other works for storage or carriage of water, or for the development, transmission, or utilization of power within the limits as constituted, March 3, 1921, of any national park or national monument shall be granted or made without specific authority of Congress.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1971–1971 · leading case: Scenic Hudson Pres. Conf. v. Fed. Power Comm'n, 453 F.2d 463 (2d Cir. 1971).

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Scenic Hudson Pres. Conf. v. Fed. Power Comm'n, 453 F.2d 463 (2d Cir. 1971). “The commission overruled its own examiner in this regard and the choice of an alternative site flies in the teeth of the Park Compact that the lands included within the Park “shall be used only for public park purposes.”

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