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                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 
Sec. 1c. General administration provisions; system defined; 
        particular areas
        

(a) ``National park system'' defined

    The ``national park system'' shall include any area of land and 
water now or hereafter administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
through the National Park Service for park, monument, historic, parkway, 
recreational, or other purposes.

(b) Specific provisions applicable to area; uniform application of 
        sections 1b to 1d and other provisions of this title to all 
        areas when not in conflict with specific provisions; references 
        in other provisions to national parks, monuments, recreation 
        areas, historic monuments, or parkways not a limitation of such 
        other provisions to those areas

    Each area within the national park system shall be administered in 
accordance with the provisions of any statute made specifically 
applicable to that area. In addition, the provisions of sections 1b to 
1d of this title, and the various authorities relating to the 
administration and protection of areas under the administration of the 
Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service, including 
but not limited to the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended 
[16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4], the Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1253), as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 5) relating to rights-of-way, the Act of June 5, 1920 
(41 Stat. 917), as amended (16 U.S.C. 6), relating to donation of land 
and money, sections 1, 4, 5, and 6 of the Act of April 9, 1924 (43 Stat. 
90), as amended (16 U.S.C. 8 and 8a-8c), relating to roads and trails, 
the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1570; 16 U.S.C. 8d), relating to 
approach roads to national monuments, the Act of June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 
334), as amended (16 U.S.C. 8e-8f), relating to conveyance of roads to 
States, the Act of August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1037), as amended (16 
U.S.C. 452a), relating to acquisitions of inholdings, section 1 of the 
Act of July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 900), as amended (16 U.S.C. 12), relating 
to aid to visitors in emergencies, the Act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 
873; 16 U.S.C. 10), relating to arrests, sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 
Act of May 26, 1930 (46 Stat. 381), as amended (16 U.S.C. 17b, 17c, 17d, 
and 17e), relating to services or other accommodations for the public, 
emergency supplies and services to concessioners, acceptability of 
travelers checks, care and removal of indigents, the Act of October 9, 
1965 (79 Stat. 696; 16 U.S.C. 20-20g),\1\ relating to concessions, the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended [16 U.S.C. 
460l-4 et seq.], and the Act of July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 355), shall to 
the extent such provisions are not in conflict with any such specific 
provision, be applicable to all areas within the national park system 
and any reference in such Act to national parks, monuments, recreation 
areas, historic monuments, or parkways shall hereinafter not be 
construed as limiting such Acts to those areas.
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(Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 384, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 91-383, Sec. 2(b), 
Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826.)

                       References in Text

    Act of October 9, 1965, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 89-
249, Oct. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 969, known as the National Park System 
Concessions Policy Act, which was classified generally to subchapter IV 
(Sec. 20 et seq.) of this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-391, 
title IV, Sec. 415(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3515.
    Act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 873; 16 U.S.C. 10), referred to in 
subsec. (b), related to arrests by National Park Service personnel in 
the national forests and national parks. Provisions of that Act that 
related to arrests by Forest Service personnel in the national forest 
and national parks are classified to section 559 of this title. Section 
10(a)(2) of Pub. L. 91-383, as added by Pub. L. 94-458, Sec. 2, Oct. 7, 
1976, 90 Stat. 1941, amended the 1905 Act by striking out references to 
the National Park Service and the national parks, and had the effect of 
repealing those provisions of the 1905 Act that were classified to 
section 10 of this title. Provisions relating to law and order within 
areas of the National Park System are covered by section 1a-6 of this 
title.
    Section 17d of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was omitted 
from the Code as obsolete.
    The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 88-578, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897, as amended, 
which is classified generally to part B (Sec. 460l-4 et seq.) of 
subchapter LXIX of chapter 1 of this title. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
460l-4 of this title and Tables.
    Act of July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 355), referred to in subsec. (b), is 
Pub. L. 90-401, which enacted sections 460l-10a to 460l-10c and 460l-22 
of this title, amended section 460l-5, 460l-7, and 460l-9 of this title, 
and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 460l-5 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-383, in redefining the national park 
system, substituted provision for inclusion of any area of land and 
water now or hereafter administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
through the National Park Service for park, monument, historic, parkway, 
recreational, or other purposes for prior provision defining such system 
to mean all federally owned or controlled lands administered under 
direction of Secretary of the Interior under sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of 
this title and grouped in the following descriptive categories: (1) 
National parks, (2) national monuments, (3) national historic parks, (4) 
national memorials, (5) national parkways, and (6) national capital 
parks.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-383 substituted provisions making specific 
provisions applicable to an area of the national park system, for 
uniform application of authorities, and prohibiting construction of 
references in other provisions to national parks, monuments, recreation 
areas, historic monuments or parkways as limitation of such other 
provisions to those areas, for prior definition of ``miscellaneous 
areas'' as including lands under administrative jurisdiction of another 
Federal agency, or privately owned lands, and over which National Park 
Service, under direction of Secretary of the Interior, exercises 
supervision for recreational, historical, or other related purposes, and 
lands under care and custody of such Service other than those herein 
described.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1a-1, 1f, 459b-6, 459c-6, 
5207 of this title.
