Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§410hhhh–2 Administration of Historic Site and Preservation District
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–FFF — JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410hhhh–2
Summary
The Secretary must run the historical park and the preservation district under the same rules that apply to other National Park Service sites. The Secretary may make an agreement with the State of Georgia to help operate the State of Georgia Visitor Center in Sumter County. The Secretary must collect oral histories about the park, its people, and the area, and may keep personal items acquired for the park. Twenty-five years after December 23, 1987, the Secretary must bring together well-known historians and experts to study President Carter’s life and presidency and to make recommendations about interpretation, preservation, and related issues for the park and district.
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Title 16, §410hhhh–2
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(a)In general
The Secretary shall administer the historical park and the preservation district in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), and the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes”, approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
(b)Cooperation with State of Georgia
The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Georgia pursuant to which the Secretary may cooperate in the operation and use of the State of Georgia Visitor Center in Sumter County.
(c)History
The Secretary shall gather oral history on the historical park, its occupants, and environs. The Secretary may also preserve personal property that has been acquired by the Secretary for purposes of the historical park.
(d)Report
25 years after December 23, 1987, the Secretary shall convene a distinguished group of nationally recognized historians, scholars, and other experts to examine the life of President Carter in greater historical perspective. The group shall examine the research then available on President Carter, his life and Presidency, and make recommendations on interpretation, preservation, and other issues (as appropriate) at the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and the Jimmy Carter National Preservation District.
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The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved
August 25, 1916, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, popularly known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. The Act entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes”, approved
August 21, 1935, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, known as the Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act and also as the Historic Sites Act of 1935, which enacted sections 461 to 467 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 102303 and 102304 and chapter 3201 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–341, § 2(b)(4), (5), made identical
Amendments
, substituting “historical park” for “historic site” wherever appearing. See Codification note set out under section 410hhhh of this title. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–341, § 2(b)(2)(A), substituted “provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System” for “provisions of law generally applicable to national historic sites”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–341, § 2(b)(2)(B), substituted “National Historical Park” for “National Historic Site”. See Codification note set out under section 410hhhh of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 410hhhh–2
Title 16, Conservation
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Sep 23, 2026
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