§ 273. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC273]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXI--CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 273. Establishment
(a) Description of area
Subject to valid existing rights, the lands, waters, and interests
therein within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled
``Boundary Map, Proposed Capitol Reef National Park, Utah,'' numbered
158-91,002, and dated January 1971, are hereby established as the
Capitol Reef National Park (hereinafter referred to as the ``park'').
Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(b) Abolition of Capitol Reef National Monument; funds of monument
available for park; administration of lands excluded from
monument
The Capitol Reef National Monument is hereby abolished, and any
funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for
purposes of the park. Federal lands, waters, and interests therein
excluded from the monument by this subchapter shall be administered by
the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
``Secretary'') in accordance with the laws applicable to the public
lands of the United States.
(Pub. L. 92-207, Sec. 1, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 739.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 273a of this title.
