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[CITE: 16USC406d-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
               SUBCHAPTER XLIX--GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 406d-1. Establishment; boundaries; administration

    For the purpose of including in one national park, for public 
benefit and enjoyment, the lands within the present Grand Teton National 
Park and a portion of the lands within the Jackson Hole National 
Monument, there is established a new ``Grand Teton National Park''. The 
park shall comprise, subject to valid existing rights, all of the 
present Grand Teton National Park and all lands of the Jackson Hole 
National Monument that are not otherwise expressly provided for in this 
subchapter and sections 431a, 451a, 482m, 673b, and 673c of this title, 
and an order setting forth the boundaries of the park shall be prepared 
by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal Register. 
The national park so established shall, so far as consistent with the 
provisions of this subchapter and said sections, be administered in 
accordance with the general statutes governing national parks, and shall 
supersede the present Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole 
National Monument.

(Sept. 14, 1950, ch. 950, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 849.)

                       References in Text

    The Jackson Hole National Monument, referred to in text, was created 
in Wyoming by Presidential Proc. No. 2578, Mar. 15, 1943, 57 Stat. 731. 
For provisions transferring other lands of such former national 
monument, see sections 482m and 673b of this title.
    Provisions relating to the ``present Grand Teton National Park'', 
referred to in text, were contained in former sections 406 to 406d of 
this title, which sections were repealed by another provision of section 
1 of act Sept. 14, 1950.

                          Codification

    Section comprises all of section 1 of act Sept. 14, 1950, except the 
final sentence thereof. The final sentence repealed sections 406 to 406d 
of this title which established, and related to, the former ``Grand 
Teton National Park of Wyoming''. It also contained a proviso, of which 
part is set out as section 431a of this title, and the remainder, as 
section 451a of this title.


                    Construction of Alternate Highway

    Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 635, 69 Stat. 555, provided: ``That in order 
to facilitate public use and enjoyment of the Grand Teton National Park 
and to make possible an appropriate relocation and use of highways 
through the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
construct within the park, upon a location to be agreed upon between the 
Secretary and the Governor of Wyoming, a highway which shall replace the 
present U.S. Highway 89, also numbered U.S. 187 and U.S. 26. Upon 
completion of the said highway, the Secretary is authorized to enter 
into an agreement with the State of Wyoming, upon such terms and 
conditions as he deems in the interest of the United States, for the 
conveyance of the highway to the State in exchange for State and county 
roads in the park area.''


              Availability of Unexpended Appropriated Funds

    The third sentence of section 9 of act Sept. 14, 1950, provided 
that: ``The remaining unexpended balance of any funds appropriated for 
the present Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole National 
Monument shall be available for expenditure in connection with the 
administration of the Grand Teton National Park established by this Act 
[this subchapter and sections 431a, 451a, 482m, 673b, and 673c of this 
title]''.


           Revocation of Temporary Withdrawals of Public Lands

    Section 8 of act Sept. 14, 1950, provided that: ``All temporary 
withdrawals of public lands made by Executive order in aid of 
legislation pertaining to parks, monuments, or recreational areas, 
adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park as established by this Act 
[this subchapter and sections 431a, 451a, 482m, 673b, and 673c of this 
title] are hereby revoked.''


                       Repeal of Inconsistent Laws

    The second sentence of section 9 of act Sept. 14, 1950, provided: 
``All provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of this act 
[this subchapter and sections 431a, 451a, 482m, 673b, and 673c of this 
title] are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency''.
