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§430ll Designation

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430ll

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lands acquired under section 430kk must be made into a public park called Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield for the use and enjoyment of the American public. The National Park Service, led by the Secretary of the Interior, will run, protect, and improve the park under the Act that created the National Park Service (approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535)). The Secretary must build and maintain roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other visitor facilities as needed.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430ll

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(a)The lands acquired under section 430kk of this title shall be set aside as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, and shall be designated as the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535).11 See References in Text note below.
(b)In order to provide for the proper development and maintenance of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and maintain therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other improvements, and such facilities for the care and accommodation of visitors, as he may deem necessary.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

Amendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–554 substituted “Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield” for “Wilson’s Creek Battlefield National Park”.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430ll

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73