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§103301 Military maneuvers

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1033— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 103301

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

National military parks and their approaches are set aside for maneuvers by the Regular Army/Air Force, the National Guard, or State militias, with Secretary approval and under Secretary rules.

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Title 54, §103301

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To obtain practical benefits of great value to the country from the establishment of national military parks, the parks and their approaches are declared to be national fields for military maneuvers for the Regular Army or Regular Air Force and the National Guard or militia of the States. National military parks shall be opened for those purposes only in the discretion of the Secretary, and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10330116 U.S.C. 411.May 15, 1896, ch. 182, § 1, 29 Stat. 120; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501. The words “or Regular Air Force” are added for consistency with section 103302 of the new title.

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54 U.S.C. § 103301

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73