Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§407 Establishment; description of area
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER L— - CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK › § 407
Summary
Designates the land once called Carlsbad Cave National Monument (before May 14, 1930), which was set aside under the June 8, 1906 Act and by a presidential proclamation on October 25, 1923, as Carlsbad Caverns National Park for public use. It may use any money provided for the monument.
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Title 16, §407
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The tract of land known prior to May 14, 1930, as the Carlsbad Cave National Monument, in the State of New Mexico, established and designated as a national monument under the Act of June 8, 1906, entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities,” 11 See References in Text note below. and by presidential proclamation of October 25, 1923, is declared to be a national park and dedicated as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people under the name of the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the Carlsbad Cave National Monument.
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References in Text
The Act of
June 8, 1906, entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities,”, referred to in text, is act
June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, known as the Antiquities Act of 1906, which was classified generally to section 431, 432, and 433 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(b) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 320301(a) to (c), 320302, and 320303 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, 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. The presidential proclamation of
October 25, 1923, referred to in text, is Proc. No. 1923, 43 Stat. 1929.
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16 U.S.C. § 407
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
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