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§256i Notice to Governor of Washington; Application of Laws to Subsequently Accepted Lands

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXVII— OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK › § 256i

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must notify Washington's Governor that the Act passed and the United States assumed police jurisdiction; future accepted cessions for Olympic National Park lands make sections 256b and 256c apply.

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Title 16, §256i

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The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park, the provisions of section 256b and 256c of this title shall apply to such lands.

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This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 6, 1942, which is classified to sections 256 to 256i of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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16 U.S.C. § 256i

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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