TITLE 16 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER LXII - MISCELLANEOUS
16 USC 451 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104333, div. I, title VIII, 801, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4186
Section, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, 1, 37 Stat. 460; July 1, 1918, ch. 113, 1, 40 Stat. 677; Feb. 13, 1940, ch. 30, 54 Stat. 36, related to limit on cost of buildings erected in national parks.
16 USC 451a - Limitation on further extension or establishment of national parks in Wyoming
No further extension or establishment of national parks in Wyoming may be undertaken except by express authorization of Congress.
16 USC 452 - Revenues of national parks covered into Treasury; estimates for care of parks
All revenues of the national parks shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, except in case of Hot Springs National Park such as may be necessary to pay obligations outstanding on June 30, 1922.
16 USC 452a - Acquisition of non-Federal land within existing boundaries of any National Park; donations; authorization of appropriations
In order to consolidate Federal land ownership within the existing boundaries of any National Park and to encourage the donation of funds for that purpose, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept and to use in his discretion funds which may be donated subject to the condition that such donated funds are to be expended for purposes of this section by the Secretary only if Federal funds in an amount equal to the amount of such donated funds are appropriated for the purposes of this section. There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to match funds that may be donated for such purposes: Provided, That the amount which may be appropriated annually for purposes of this section shall be limited to $500,000.
16 USC 453 - Donations of land for park purposes near or adjacent to National Forest Reserve in North Carolina
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for park purposes any lands and rights-of-way, including the Grandfather Mountain, near or adjacent to the Government national forest in western North Carolina.
Section, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, 8, 37 Stat. 487; June 6, 1939, ch. 185, 53 Stat. 810, authorized the superintendent, the acting superintendent, custodian, and principal clerks of the various national parks and other Government reservations to administer oaths to expense accounts.
16 USC 455 - Study of battlefields for commemorative purposes
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to have made studies and investigations and, where necessary, surveys of all battlefields within the continental limits of the United States whereon troops of the United States or of the original thirteen colonies have been engaged against a common enemy, with a view to preparing a general plan and such detailed projects as may be required for properly commemorating such battlefields or other adjacent points of historic and military interest.
16 USC 455a - Report to Congress
Annually after December 1, 1926, the Secretary of the Army shall submit through the President to Congress a detailed report of progress made under sections 455 to 455c of this title, together with his recommendations for further operations.
16 USC 455b - Inclusion of estimate of cost of projected surveys in appropriation estimates
The Secretary of the Army shall include annually in his Department of the Army appropriation estimates a list of the battlefields for which surveys or other field investigations are planned for the fiscal year in question, together with the estimated cost of making each survey or other field investigation.
16 USC 455c - Purchase of real estate for military park
No real estate shall be purchased for military park purposes by the Government unless report thereon shall have been made by the Secretary of the Army through the President to Congress under the provisions of section 455a of this title.
16 USC 456 - Expense of depositing money payable from appropriations
Appropriations made for the administration, protection and maintenance of the national parks and national monuments under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior shall be available for expense of depositing public money.
16 USC 456a - Collections and pay-roll deductions for meals and quarters
Cash collections and pay-roll deductions made for meals and quarters furnished by the National Park Service to employees of the Government in the field and to cooperating agencies may be credited as a reimbursement to the current appropriation for the administration of the park or monument in which the accommodations are furnished.
16 USC 457 - Action for death or personal injury within national park or other place under jurisdiction of United States; application of State laws
In the case of the death of any person by the neglect or wrongful act of another within a national park or other place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, within the exterior boundaries of any State, such right of action shall exist as though the place were under the jurisdiction of the State within whose exterior boundaries such place may be; and in any action brought to recover on account of injuries sustained in any such place the rights of the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State within the exterior boundaries of which it may be.
16 USC 458 - Travel expenses incident to study of battlefields; payment
Mileage of officers of the Army and actual expenses of civilian employees traveling on duty in connection with the studies, surveys, and field investigations of battlefields shall be paid from the appropriations made from time to time to meet the expenses for these purposes.
16 USC 458a - Mats for reproduction in magazines and newspapers of photographs of scenery
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to have prepared mats which may be used for the reproduction in magazines and newspapers of photographs of such of the scenery in the national parks as, in the opinion of the Secretary, would be of interest to the people of the United States and foreign nations. Any such mats may be furnished, without charge and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to the publishers of magazines, newspapers, and any other publications which may carry photographic reproductions.