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§410aaa–41 Findings

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–Y— CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part C— Mojave National Preserve › § 410aaa–41

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress says the Mojave Desert lands between Death Valley and Joshua Tree need stronger, permanent protection. Those parks guard special deserts, but they do not include the unique Mojave area now only given a temporary scenic designation. The Mojave has important natural, cultural, historic, and recreation values and should be made a unit of the National Park System as a national preserve. The law says the wilderness parts of the Mojave must get the highest protection under the Wilderness Act. It also calls for services, programs, buildings, and facilities to let people with disabilities use and enjoy the area, following disability laws.

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Title 16, §410aaa–41

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The Congress hereby finds that—
(1)Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, as established by this Act, protect unique and superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the particular ecosystems and transitional desert type found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them on public lands now afforded only impermanent administrative designation as a national scenic area;
(2)the Mojave Desert area possesses outstanding natural, cultural, historical, and recreational values meriting statutory designation and recognition as a unit of the National Park System;
(3)the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a national preserve;
(4)the wilderness within the Mojave Desert should receive maximum statutory protection by designation pursuant to the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.]; and
(5)the Mojave Desert area provides an outstanding opportunity to develop services, programs, accommodations and facilities to ensure the use and enjoyment of the area by individuals with disabilities, consistent with section 794 of title 29, Public Law 101–336, the Americans With 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. Disabilities Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.], and other appropriate laws and regulations.

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This Act, referred to in par. (1), is defined in section 3 of Pub. L. 103–433, which is set out as a Definitions note under section 410aaa of this title. The Wilderness Act referred to in par. (4), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, referred to in par. (5), is Pub. L. 101–336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327, which is classified principally to chapter 126 (§ 12101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 12101 of Title 42 and Tables.

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16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–41

Title 16, Conservation

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60