Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–L— - SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410nn–1
Run the park under the laws that apply to National Park Service units, including the Act of August 25, 1916, the Act of August 21, 1935, and the National Historic Preservation Act. The Secretary must protect and teach about American maritime history and make the park enjoyable for visitors. The Secretary may accept donations of money, property, or services. The Secretary may lease park property, including vessels and heavy marine equipment like floating drydocks, and the net receipts from leases must be handled under section 460bb–3(f). The Secretary may charge admission fees for visiting the ships and fees for group use; those receipts must also be handled under section 460bb–3(f). Within 2 years after the park is created, the Secretary must send a general management plan to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The plan must describe park resources (artifacts, documents, and the historic vessels Balclutha, Wapama, SS Jeremiah O’Brien, Eureka, C.A. Thayer, Ellpleton Hall, Hercules, and Alma, plus other collection items). It must include plans and cost estimates to preserve each vessel (docking, maintenance, repairs, and need for permanent docks), ways to let visitors see the vessels while protecting them, how to care for and store collections, and plans for public facilities such as a museum building, visitor parking, and transit access, plus how the vessels and collections will be interpreted for the public.
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16 U.S.C. § 410nn–1
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
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