Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§410aaa–1 Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y— - CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part Part A— - Death Valley National Park › § 410aaa–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Death Valley National Park is created using 23 maps called "Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed," numbered 1 through 23 and dated July 1993 or earlier; those maps are kept for the public to view at the park superintendent’s office and at the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Death Valley National Monument is ended, its lands and interests become part of the new park, and any funds set aside for the monument can now be used for the park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410aaa–1

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There is hereby established the Death Valley National Park (hereinafter in this part referred to as the “park”) as generally depicted on twenty-three maps entitled “Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed”, numbered in the title one through twenty-three, and dated July 1993 or prior, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Superintendent of the park and the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Death Valley National Monument is hereby abolished as such, the lands and interests therein are hereby incorporated within and made part of the new Death Valley National Park, and any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–1

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73