Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§403k–3 Palmer’s Chapel in Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Protection and Continued Use; Communication of Chapel History to Visitors
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVI — SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403k–3
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must protect Palmer’s Chapel in Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Secretary may arrange to share the chapel’s history with visitors and allow it to keep being used for memorials by former residents and their descendants.
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Title 16, §403k–3
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take such measures as may be necessary to provide for the continued protection of the historic Palmer’s Chapel in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The importance of the chapel in memorializing the early settlement of the valley and in providing an opportunity for interpreting the cultural traditions of the former residents of the valley is hereby recognized, and the Secretary is authorized to make suitable arrangements for the history of the chapel to be communicated to park visitors and for the chapel to continue to be used for memorial purposes by former residents and their descendants.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 403k–3
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102