US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 21b

Extension of certain laws to park

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1 See References in Text note below.
111Provided16 U.S.C. 791aThe provisions of the Act of , reserving lands for park purposes, the Act of , admitting the State of Wyoming into the Union, the Act of , entitled “An Act to protect the birds and animals in the Yellowstone National Park and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes,”  the Act of , entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,”  and all Acts supplementary to and amendatory of said Acts are made applicable to and extended over the lands added to the park: , That the provisions of the Federal Power Act [ et seq.] shall not apply to or extend over such lands.

Mar. 1, 1929, ch. 437, § 245 Stat. 1436(, .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Mar. 1, 1872, ch. 2417 Stat. 32The Act of , referred to in text, is , . That Act was incorporated into the Revised Statutes as R.S. §§ 2474 and 2475 which are classified to sections 21 and 22, respectively, of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

act July 10, 1890, ch. 66426 Stat. 222act June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 869section 541 of Title 28The Act of , referred to in text, is , . The Act was classified to sections 481 and 490 of former Title 28, Judicial Code and Judiciary, which were repealed and reenacted in sections 501 and 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by , §§ 1, 39, , 992. See .

act May 7, 1894, ch. 7228 Stat. 73The Act of , entitled “An Act to protect the birds and animals in the Yellowstone National Park and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes,”, referred to in text, is , , which is classified to sections 24 to 30a of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 40839 Stat. 535section 100101 of Title 54section 1865(a) of Title 18Pub. L. 113–287128 Stat. 3094section 100101 of Title 54The Act of , entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,”, referred to in text, is , , known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under , National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, , , 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding .

section 791a of this titleact June 10, 1920, ch. 28541 Stat. 1063section 791a of this titleThe Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Act of , entitled ‘An Act to create a Federal Power Commission, to provide for the improvement of navigation, the development of water power, the use of the public lands in relation thereto, and to repeal section 18 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act, approved , and for other purposes,’ ” and was redesignated the Federal Power Act by . The Federal Power Act is , , and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.