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§441c Administration, Protection, and Promotion; Franchises for Hotel and Lodge Accommodations
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 441c
Summary
The Park Service must manage, protect, and promote Badlands National Park under the Interior Secretary and Act of August 25, 1916 (amended June 2, 1920); before conditions are met Secretary may grant hotel and lodge franchises.
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Title 16, §441c
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The administration, protection, and promotion of said Badlands National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” as amended by the Act of June 2, 1920 (Forty-first United States Statutes at Large, page 732): 11 See References in Text note below. Provided, That in advance of the fulfillment of the conditions herein the Secretary of the Interior may grant franchises for hotel and for lodge accommodations under the provisions of this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Act of
August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended by the Act of
June 2, 1920 (Forty-first United States Statutes at Large, page 732), referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, as amended by act
June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 5, 41 Stat. 732. The act Aug. 25, 1916, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, 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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Park” substituted in text for “Monument” pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, § 611, which is classified to section 441e–1 of this title and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 441c
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 5, 2026
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