Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§410rr Purpose
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–P— PECOS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410rr
Summary
Create Pecos National Historical Park to protect and explain the area's many histories, its diverse cultural mixing, gateway role, and Forked Lightning Ranch resources.
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Title 16, §410rr
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The purpose of this subchapter is—
(1)to recognize the multitheme history, including the cultural interaction among diverse groups of people, of the Pecos area and its “gateway” role between the Great Plains and the Rio Grande Valley, and
(2)to provide for the preservation and interpretation of the cultural and natural resources of the Forked Lightning Ranch by establishing the Pecos National Historical Park.
Legislative History
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Short Title
of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–536, § 1, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2368, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 410rr–7 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 410rr–7 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Pecos National Historical Park Expansion Act of 1990’.”
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 410rr
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60