US Code

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

16 U.S.C. § 404b

Administration, protection, and development; Federal Power Act inapplicable; minimum area

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1 See References in Text note below.
Provided16 U.S.C. 791aAnd provided furtherProvided furtherThe administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of , entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,”  as amended: , That the provisions of the Federal Power Act [ et seq.] shall not apply to this park: , That the minimum area to be administered and protected by the National Park Service shall be, for the said Mammoth Cave National Park, twenty thousand acres: , That no general development of said area shall be undertaken until a major portion of the remainder in such area, including all the caves thereof, shall have been accepted by said Secretary, and he shall have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves.

May 25, 1926, ch. 382, § 344 Stat. 636May 14, 1934, ch. 282, § 148 Stat. 775(, ; , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3,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 approved , known as the Federal Water Power Act,” and was redesignated as 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.

Amendments

1934—Act , inserted “and he shall have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves,” and changed phrase “including all the caves thereof” to its present position instead of following “twenty thousand acres”.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1262For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.