§ 1c. — General administration provisions; system defined; particular areas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1c]
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.
