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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§410xx Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–V— DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK › § 410xx

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates Dry Tortugas National Park in South Florida to protect important natural, historic, scenic, marine, and scientific resources for people now and in the future. The park includes the lands, waters, and interests shown on the map titled "Boundary Map, Fort Jefferson National Monument", no. 364–90,001, dated April 1980 (referenced by section 201 of Public Law 96–287), which is on file at the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Fort Jefferson National Monument is ended.

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Title 16, §410xx

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(a)In order to preserve and protect for the education, inspiration, and enjoyment of present and future generations nationally significant natural, historic, scenic, marine, and scientific values in South Florida, there is hereby established the Dry Tortugas National Park (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “park”).
(b)The park shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Fort Jefferson National Monument”, numbered 364–90,001, and dated April 1980 (which is the map referenced by section 201 of Public Law 96–287). The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(c)The Fort Jefferson National Monument is hereby abolished.

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This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 102–525, Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3439, which enacted this subchapter and amended provisions listed in a National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation table set out under section 320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables. section 201 of Public Law 96–287, referred to in subsec. (b), appears in a table under the heading “National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation”, set out as a note under section 320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

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16 U.S.C. § 410xx

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60