§ 411. — Military maneuvers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC411]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 411. Military maneuvers
In order to obtain practical benefits of great value to the country
from the establishment of national military parks, said parks and their
approaches are declared to be national fields for military maneuvers for
the Regular Army of the United States and the National Guard or militia
of the States. Said parks shall be opened for such purposes only in the
discretion of the Secretary of the Army, and under such regulations as
he may prescribe.
(May 15, 1896, ch. 182, Sec. 1, 29 Stat. 120; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of certain national military parks
transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933, set out as
a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks,
Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Secretary of the Air Force
For transfer of certain real property functions, insofar as they
pertain to Air Force, to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of
the Air Force, from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army,
see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 14 [Sec. 2(31)], eff. July
1, 1948.
