{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s544a","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f544a.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f544a.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of sections 544 to 544p of this title are\u2014\n(1) to establish a national scenic area to protect and provide for the enhancement of the scenic, cultural, recreational, and natural resources of the Columbia River Gorge; and\n(2) to protect and support the economy of the Columbia River Gorge area by encouraging growth to occur in existing urban areas and by allowing future economic development in a manner that is consistent with paragraph (1).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s544a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s544a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f544a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of sections 544 to 544p of this title are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s544a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to establish a national scenic area to protect and provide for the enhancement of the scenic, cultural, recreational, and natural resources of the Columbia River Gorge; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s544a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to protect and support the economy of the Columbia River Gorge area by encouraging growth to occur in existing urban areas and by allowing future economic development in a manner that is consistent with paragraph (1).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}