Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§403g Establishment; minimum area
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403g
Summary
Sets aside 400,000 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains as a park under U.S. care; half acquired by NC, TN, and U.S., and half by Rockefeller Memorial.
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Title 16, §403g
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An area of four hundred thousand acres within the minimum boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, acquired one-half by the peoples and States of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the United States, and one-half by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, is established as a completed park for administration, protection, and development by the United States.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 403g
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73