National Islands Conservation and Recreation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Islands Conservation and Recreation Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish a national policy to preserve and manage islands with unique environmental, recreational, historical, or cultural values. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a study of the Nation's islands and to submit a report thereof to the Congress and Governors of the States. Provides that the report shall include recommendations to Congress as to which islands should be added to the national park, wildlife refuge, and forest systems, and which should be acquired, with Federal assistance, by the States pursuant to this Act. Requires that islands recommended by the Secretary as eligible for acquisition by the States shall possess outstanding environmental, recreational, historical, or cultural values, and be largely undeveloped. Provides that priority for Federal assistance shall be given to those islands which are: (1) most accessible to urban areas; (2) most immediately threatened by the pressures of development; (3) within the jurisdictions of State and local governments which have demonstrated the capacity to take all steps necessary to protect and enhance the islands' r…