Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410jj–1 Purposes

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–H— - KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410jj–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a park to protect and explain the Kalaupapa settlement for people today and in the future. Keep a well-cared-for community where Kalaupapa leprosy patients can stay as long as they want, protect their way of life and privacy, preserve historic buildings, Hawaiian sites, culture, and natural features, allow only limited public visits, and, as much as possible, have patients and Native Hawaiians run the preservation work and get training to manage and interpret the site.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410jj–1

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The Congress declares the following to constitute the principal purposes of the park:

(1)to preserve and interpret the Kalaupapa settlement for the education and inspiration of present and future generations;

(2)to provide a well-maintained community in which the Kalaupapa leprosy patients are guaranteed that they may remain at Kalaupapa as long as they wish; to protect the current lifestyle of these patients and their individual privacy; to research, preserve, and maintain the present character of the community; to research, preserve, and maintain important historic structures, traditional Hawaiian sites, cultural values, and natural features; and to provide for limited visitation by the general public; and

(3)to provide that the preservation and interpretation of the settlement be managed and performed by patients and Native Hawaiians to the extent practical, and that training opportunities be provided such persons in management and interpretation of the settlement’s cultural, historical, educational, and scenic resources.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410jj–1

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73