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§36a Disposition of surplus elk

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK › § 36a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interior Secretary may, under rules he makes, sell extra Yellowstone elk and must deposit the money in the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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Title 16, §36a

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion, and under regulations to be prescribed by him, to sell or otherwise dispose of the surplus elk from the Yellowstone National Park herd, and all moneys received from the sale of any such surplus elk shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

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16 U.S.C. § 36a

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73