Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§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 the Great Smoky Mountains NP managed by the United States; half the land came from North Carolina, Tennessee and the U.S., and half from the Rockefeller Memorial.
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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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60