Federal
Title 16 — Conservation
5,095 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 431a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 432 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 433 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 433a — Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial; establishment
- § 433b — Administration, protection, and development
- § 433c — Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land
- § 433d — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–568, § 3(2) , Oct. 26, 1972 , 86 Stat. 1182
- § 433e — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–141, § 7(b) , Oct. 31, 1983 , 97 Stat. 910
- § 433f — Inconsistent laws repealed
- § 433f–1 — Change in name of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument
- § 433g — Fort Frederica National Monument; establishment
- § 433h — Donation of property; acquisition of lands
- § 433h–1 — Acquisition of additional lands
- § 433i — Museum; historical markers
- § 433j — Administration, protection, and development
- § 433k — Whitman Mission National Historic Site; acquisition of land; establishment, supervision and maintenance
- § 433k–1 — Acquisition of additional land
- § 433l — Erection of monuments and tablets
- § 433m — Authorization of appropriation
- § 433n — Change in name of Whitman National Monument
- § 434 — National monument in Riverside County, California
- § 435 — Acquiring reservation land
- § 436 — Omitted
- § 437 — Fort McHenry; restoration and preservation
- § 438 — Repairs and improvements; how made
- § 439 — Land for use of Secretary of the Treasury
- § 44, 45 — Transferred
- § 440 — Closure in times of national emergency
- § 4401 — Findings and statement of purpose
- § 4402 — Definitions
- § 4403 — Establishment of North American Wetlands Conservation Council
- § 4404 — Approval of wetlands conservation projects
- § 4405 — Conditions relating to wetlands conservation projects
- § 4406 — Amounts available to carry out this chapter
- § 4407 — Allocation of amounts available to carry out this chapter
- § 4408 — Restoration, management, and protection of wetlands and habitat for migratory birds on Federal lands
- § 4409 — Report to Congress
- § 440a — Change in name of Fort McHenry Park
- § 441 — Badlands National Park; establishment
- § 4410 — Revisions to Plan
- § 4411 — Relationship to other authorities
- § 4412 — Limitation on assessments against Migratory Bird Conservation Fund
- § 4413 — Other agreements
- § 4414 — Assessment of progress in wetlands conservation
- § 441a — Boundaries
- § 441b — Construction of highway by State of South Dakota
- § 441c — Administration, protection, and promotion; franchises for hotel and lodge accommodations
- § 441d — Examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within park
- § 441e — Effective date of sections 441 to 441d
- § 441e–1 — Change in name of Badlands National Monument
- § 441f — Adjustment and redefinition of boundaries
- § 441g — Orders to effectuate revision of boundaries; publication
- § 441h — Jurisdiction of mining and mineral rights; patents
- § 441i — Exchanges of land
- § 441j — Revision of boundaries
- § 441k — Acquisition of property for park
- § 441l — Exchange of lands; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary; terms and conditions of purchase
- § 441m — Disposition of excess gunnery range lands and reservation lands; purchase; terms and conditions; life estates and use restrictions
- § 441n — Lands outside gunnery range; exchange of lands; reservation of mineral rights; grazing and mineral development rights of Indians; execution of instruments; trust title
- § 441o — Facilities for interpretation of park and history of Sioux Nation; conveyance of reservation lands; submission of terms to Congressional committees
- § 442 — George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- § 443 to 443f — Transferred
- § 444 — Petrified Forest National Monument; elimination of private holdings of land within boundaries; exchange of lands
- § 444a — Ascertainment of value of lands offered for exchange; evidence of title
- § 445 — Canyon De Chelly National Monument; establishment; boundaries
- § 445a — Rights and privileges of Navajo Indians in canyons
- § 445b — Administration by National Park Service; powers and duties
- § 445c — Pipestone National Monument
- § 445d — Acquisition of additional lands, Pipestone School Reserve and non-Federal land; redefining of boundaries; quarry rights of Indians
- § 446 — Sites for tablets at Antietam; care and supervision
- § 447 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–429, § 3(d) , Sept. 28, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1342
- § 447a to 447c — Transferred
- § 448 — Pioneer National Monument; establishment
- § 449 — Acceptance of donations of land and funds; acquisition of land
- § 450 — Administration, protection, and development
- § 4501 — Forestry and related natural resource assistance
- § 4502 — Tropical deforestation assessment and assistance
- § 4502a — Tropical forestry research and assistance
- § 4503 — Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico
- § 4503a — Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
- § 4503b — Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest
- § 4503c — Omitted
- § 4503d — Definitions
- § 4504 — Administrative provisions
- § 4505 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 450a — Chalmette, Louisiana, Monument
- § 450aa — George Washington Carver National Monument; acquisition of land
- § 450aa–1 — Establishment and supervision
- § 450aa–2 — Maintenance of museum; construction of roads and use of markers
- § 450b to 450e — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 308(e) , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2736
- § 450bb — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- § 450bb–1 — Administration
- § 450bb–2 — Maintenance of museum; acceptance of museum articles; construction of roads, etc.
- § 450bb–3 — Acquisition of additional lands
- § 450bb–4 — Acceptance and purchase of lands and improvements; payment; exchange of lands
- § 450bb–5 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 450bb–6 — Change in name of Harpers Ferry National Monument
- § 450cc — Castle Clinton National Monument; establishment
- § 450cc–1 — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450dd — De Soto National Memorial; establishment
- § 450dd–1 — Administration
- § 450e–1 — Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
- § 450ee — Fort Sumter National Monument; establishment
- § 450ee–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2203(g) , Mar. 12, 2019 , 133 Stat. 735 .
- § 450f to 450k — Repealed. Dec. 21, 1944, ch. 634, § 1 , 58 Stat. 852
- § 450ff — Fort Vancouver National Historic Site; establishment
- § 450ff–1 — Size of site; effective date; additional lands
- § 450ff–2 — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450ff–3 — Revision of boundaries
- § 450ff–4 — Acquisition of lands
- § 450ff–5 — Administrative jurisdiction of Federal lands
- § 450ff–6 — Change in name of Fort Vancouver National Monument
- § 450gg to 450gg–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–660, § 5 , Jan. 8, 1971 , 84 Stat. 1969
- § 450hh — Saint Croix Island International Historic Site; establishment; acceptance of land; size
- § 450hh–1 — Designation; acquisition of additional lands; lands excluded
- § 450hh–2 — Administration
- § 450ii — Joshua Tree National Monument; revision of boundaries
- § 450ii–1 — Excluded lands opened to entry under mining laws
- § 450ii–2 — Continuation of leases, permits, and licenses
- § 450ii–3 — Survey and report of mineral value
- § 450jj — Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; authorization
- § 450jj–1 — Construction of memorial
- § 450jj–10 — Designation of Gateway Arch National Park
- § 450jj–2 — Railroad agreement as condition precedent to undertaking memorial project
- § 450jj–3 — Designation of additional land by Secretary; manner of acquiring additional land
- § 450jj–4 — Transfer of land
- § 450jj–5 — Administration of Memorial; cooperation with State and local governments and private sector
- § 450jj–6 — Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Commission
- § 450jj–7 — Development and management plan for East Saint Louis, Illinois, portion of Memorial
- § 450jj–8 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–355, § 1(2) , Aug. 26, 1992 , 106 Stat. 947
- § 450jj–9 — Activities in Memorial area pending submission of plan
- § 450kk — Fort Union National Monument; acquisition of site and other lands; reversions and reservations
- § 450kk–1 — Establishment; publication in Federal Register; additional properties
- § 450l — Fort Stanwix National Monument; establishment
- § 450ll — Booker T. Washington National Monument; acquisition of site
- § 450ll–1 — Establishment and supervision
- § 450ll–2 — Maintenance of museum; provision for parks, construction of roads and use of markers
- § 450ll–3 — Additional lands
- § 450m — Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land
- § 450mm to 450mm–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–387, title I, § 105(a) , Oct. 30, 2004 , 118 Stat. 2236
- § 450n — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450nn — General Grant National Memorial; establishment
- § 450o — Andrew Johnson National Historic Site; authorization
- § 450oo — Grand Portage National Monument; establishment; effective date
- § 450oo–1 — Acceptance of donations of land; instruments of relinquishment; life assignments
- § 450oo–10 — Reversion upon abandonment
- § 450oo–2 — Procurement of other lands within monument
- § 450oo–3 — Visitor accommodations and services
- § 450oo–4 — Employment preferences
- § 450oo–5 — Production and sale of handicraft objects; noninterference with trade or business outside monument
- § 450oo–6 — Traversing privileges; regulations
- § 450oo–7 — Docking facilities
- § 450oo–8 — Advisory assistance for developments upon adjacent lands
- § 450oo–9 — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450p — Acquisition of property; donations
- § 450pp — Roger Williams National Memorial; acquisition of site
- § 450pp–1 — Establishment; notice of establishment; administration
- § 450pp–2 — Cooperation with city of Providence and local historical and preservation societies
- § 450pp–3 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 450q — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450qq to 450qq–4 — Omitted
- § 450r — Ackia Battleground National Monument; establishment
- § 450rr — R.M.S. Titanic; international maritime memorial; findings and purposes
- § 450rr–1 — Definitions
- § 450rr–2 — Commendation
- § 450rr–3 — International guidelines
- § 450rr–4 — International agreement
- § 450rr–5 — Sense of Congress regarding conduct of future activities
- § 450rr–6 — Disclaimer of extraterritorial sovereignty
- § 450s — Omitted
- § 450ss — Findings and purposes
- § 450ss–1 — Definitions
- § 450ss–2 — Oklahoma City National Memorial
- § 450ss–3 — Transfer of Memorial property, rights, authorities, and duties
- § 450ss–4 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(e)(1) , Jan. 23, 2004 , 118 Stat. 348
- § 450ss–5 — Limitations on funding
- § 450ss–6, 450ss–7 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(h) , (i), Jan. 23, 2004 , 118 Stat. 349
- § 450t — Administration, protection, and development
- § 450u — Transferred
- § 450v — Omitted
- § 450w, 450x — Transferred
- § 450y — Coronado National Memorial; establishment
- § 450y–1 — Administration
- § 450y–2 — Grazing within memorial area
- § 450y–3 — Construction of fences
- § 450y–4 — Acquisition of property; donations
- § 450y–5 — Revision of boundaries
- § 450y–6 — Acquisition of lands; administration
- § 450y–7 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 450z — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–429, § 3(g) , Sept. 28, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1343
- § 451 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 801 , Nov. 12, 1996 , 110 Stat. 4186
- § 451a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 452 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 452a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 453 — Donations of land for park purposes near or adjacent to National Forest Reserve in North Carolina
- § 454 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 642 , 650
- § 455 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 455a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 455b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
- § 455c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272