Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§398 Establishment; Administration
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XLIV— VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK › § 398
Summary
Create the Virgin Islands National Park under section 398a to cover part of the Virgin Islands with outstanding scenic and other nationally important features. The Secretary of the Interior must manage and protect the park in its natural state for the public’s benefit and inspiration, following the laws that apply to national parks.
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Title 16, §398
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A portion of the Virgin Islands of the United States, containing outstanding scenic and other features of national significance, shall be established, as prescribed in section 398a of this title, as the “Virgin Islands National Park”. The national park shall be administered and preserved by the Secretary of the Interior in its natural condition for the public benefit and inspiration, in accordance with the laws governing the administration of the national parks.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Installation of Plaque Commemorating Slave Rebellion on St. John Pub. L. 117–328, div. DD, title VI, § 621, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5608, provided that: “(a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 29, 2022], the Secretary [of the Interior] shall install, in an appropriate location in the area of the Ram Head trail at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, a suitable plaque to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John on November 23, 1733. “(b) Contents of Plaque.—The plaque installed under subsection (a) shall include information regarding—“(1) important facts about the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733; “(2) the collective suicide that occurred during the slave rebellion in the vicinity of Ram Head on St. John in 1734; and “(3) the significance of the slave rebellion to the history of St. John, the United States Virgin Islands, and the United States.”
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16 U.S.C. § 398
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60