Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410rr Purpose

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–P— - PECOS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410rr

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates Pecos National Historical Park to protect Forked Lightning Ranch and honor the area's mixed history and role linking Great Plains and Rio Grande Valley.

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Title 16, §410rr

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The purpose of this subchapter is—

(1)to recognize the multitheme history, including the cultural interaction among diverse groups of people, of the Pecos area and its “gateway” role between the Great Plains and the Rio Grande Valley, and

(2)to provide for the preservation and interpretation of the cultural and natural resources of the Forked Lightning Ranch by establishing the Pecos National Historical Park.

Legislative History

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Short Title

of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–536, § 1, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2368, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 410rr–7 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 410rr–7 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Pecos National Historical Park Expansion Act of 1990’.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410rr

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73