§401 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Sets aside certain federal lands in Utah as a public park called "Bryce Canyon National Park" and removes them from settlement, private use, or sale. The park covers specific surveyed and unsurveyed sections in township 36 south, ranges 3 and 4 west, and township 37 south, ranges 3 and 4 west, all west of the Salt Lake meridian (including sections 31, 32, 36; sections 1, 12, 13; and parts of sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18). All land inside the park's outer boundaries becomes the property of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior must have the National Park Service manage, protect, and promote the park under the Act of August 25, 1916, that established the National Park Service.

Title 16, §401

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There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the “Bryce Canyon National Park,” the tract of land in the State of Utah particularly described by and included within metes and bounds, as follows, to wit: Unsurveyed section 31 and 32, township 36 south, range 3 west; surveyed section 36, township 36 south, range 4 west; north half, southwest quarter and west half of the southeast quarter of partially surveyed section 5; unsurveyed section 6 and 7, west half, west half of the northeast quarter, and west half of the southeast quarter of partially surveyed section 8, partially surveyed section 17, and unsurveyed section 18, township 37 south, range 3 west; and unsurveyed section 1, 12, and 13, township 37 south, range 4, all west of the Salt Lake meridian in the State of Utah. All the land within the exterior boundaries of the aforesaid tract shall first become the property of the United States. The administration, protection, and promotion of said Bryce Canyon National 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 August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes.” 11 See References in Text note below.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act of

August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes.”, referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 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 100101 of Title 54. Codification The last sentence of this section is from section 2 of act

June 7, 1924.

Amendments

1928—Act May 12, 1928, changed description of land in section 8 from “west half of the southwest quarter” to “west half of the southeast quarter”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Utah National Park” changed to “Bryce Canyon National Park” by section 1 of act Feb. 25, 1928, classified to section 402a of this title.

§401 Establishment; boundaries; administration