Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§441 Badlands National Park; Establishment
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 441
Summary
Badlands National Park is created for public enjoyment when enough private land in the area is transferred to the United States at no cost and approved by the Interior Secretary. This only happens after South Dakota builds the required highways.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §441
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When a quantum, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, of the privately owned lands lying within the area hereinafter described shall have been acquired and transferred to the United States for park purposes, without expense to the Federal Treasury, such areas are dedicated and set apart as a national park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Badlands National Park: Provided, That the State of South Dakota shall have first constructed the highways hereinafter described.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Hereinafter, referred to in text, means act Mar. 4, 1929 which is classified to sections 441 to 441e of this title. For classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Words “park” and “Park” substituted in text for “monument” and “Monument”, respectively, pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, § 611, which is classified to section 441e–1 of this title and which redesignated the Badlands National Monument as the Badlands National Park. Ben Reifel Visitor Center Pub. L. 101–512, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1923, provided in part that: “hereafter the Cedar Pass Visitor Center at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, shall be known as the Ben Reifel Visitor Center”.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 441
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102