Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§231 Establishment; description of area
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXV— - JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE › Part Part B— - Chalmette Unit › § 231
Summary
Designates federal lands in Chalmette, Louisiana (secs. 10 & 21, T13S, R12E, Saint Helena meridian), including the national cemetery and the monument under section 450a, as the Chalmette Unit of Jean Lafitte NHP.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §231
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The lands in Federal ownership located in Chalmette, Louisiana, in section 10 and 21, township 13 south, range 12 east, Saint Helena meridian, on which there has been erected a monument pursuant to the provisions of section 450a of this title to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, including the national cemetery at Chalmette, Louisiana, are designated as the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve” substituted for “Jean Lafitte National Historical Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 111–11. “Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park” substituted for “Chalmette National Historical Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 231
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73