Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§410vv Purposes
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–T— - MARSH-BILLINGS-ROCKEFELLER NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410vv
Summary
Establishes goals to explain the history of how Americans cared for the land at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller site. It must honor the roles of George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings, recognize the Billings–French–Rockefeller family’s contributions, and preserve the mansion and lands.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §410vv
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The purposes of this subchapter are—
(1)to interpret the history and evolution of conservation stewardship in America;
(2)to recognize and interpret the contributions and birthplace of George Perkins Marsh, pioneering environmentalist, author of Man and Nature, statesman, lawyer, and linguist;
(3)to recognize and interpret the contributions of Frederick Billings, conservationist, pioneer in reforestation and scientific farm management, lawyer, philanthropist, and railroad builder, who extended the principles of land management introduced by Marsh;
(4)to preserve the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion and its surrounding lands; and
(5)to recognize the significant contributions of Julia Billings, Mary Billings French, Mary French Rockefeller, and Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in perpetuating the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller heritage.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller” for “Marsh-Billings”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 102–350, § 1, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 934, as amended by Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I, § 143], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–267, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act’.”
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 410vv
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73