Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73
§104903 Care, removal, and burial of indigents
Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1049— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 104903
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The Secretary may use System-unit funds to care for or remove indigent people and arrange burials when local authorities don’t, but not beyond 50 miles.
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Title 54, §104903
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The Secretary may provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expenses of System units, for the temporary care and removal from a System unit of indigents, and in case of death to provide for their burial in System units not under local jurisdiction for these purposes. This section does not authorize transportation of indigents or deceased for a distance of more than 50 miles from the System unit.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10490316 U.S.C. 17e.May 26, 1930, ch. 324, § 6, 46 Stat. 382.
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54 U.S.C. § 104903
Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73