Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§403g Establishment; Minimum Area
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVI — SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403g
Summary
Creates a 400,000‑acre completed park in Great Smoky Mountains; half acquired by NC, TN, and the U.S.; half by Rockefeller; U.S. manages, protects, and develops it.
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Title 16, §403g
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An area of four hundred thousand acres within the minimum boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, acquired one-half by the peoples and States of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the United States, and one-half by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, is established as a completed park for administration, protection, and development by the United States.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 403g
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102