Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§404c–1 Acceptance of Cession by United States; Jurisdiction
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVII — MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404c–1
Summary
The United States accepts an act approved March 22, 1930, in which Kentucky gave the U.S. full legal control over land acquired for Mammoth Cave National Park. The U.S. now has sole authority over that land, including the surface and what lies under it, except for any rights Kentucky kept in that act.
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Title 16, §404c–1
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The provisions of the act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved March 22, 1930 (Acts of 1930, ch. 132, p. 405), ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over, within, and under such territory in the Commonwealth as may be acquired for the Mammoth Cave National Park, are accepted. Subject to the reservations made by the Commonwealth in the act of cession, the United States assumes sole and exclusive jurisdiction over such territory.
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Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved March 22, 1930 (Acts of 1930, ch. 132, p. 405), referred to in text, was also set out as Ky. St., §§ 3766e16 to 3766e22 [see §§ 3.020 and 3.070 in part].
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16 U.S.C. § 404c–1
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102