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[CITE: 16USC158]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII--BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 158. Administration, protection, and development

    The administration, protection, and development of the Big Bend 
National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of 
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended: Provided, That the 
provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] shall not 
apply to this park.

(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 394.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the 
``Act of June 10, 1920, known as the Federal Water Power Act,'' and was 
redesignated as the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The 
Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as 
amended, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 791a et seq.) 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 791a of this title and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of officers, employees, and agencies of 
Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the 
Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 157d of this title.
