Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§441f Adjustment and Redefinition of Boundaries
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 441f
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may change the Badlands National Park outer boundary by adding or removing land to make a better boundary and to consolidate federal land. The park’s total area after any changes must not be more than 154,119 acres, the amount it had on May 7, 1952.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §441f
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In order to establish a more appropriate boundary for the Badlands National Park and to consolidate Federal land ownership therein, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to adjust and redefine the exterior boundaries of the national park by appropriate reductions or additions of land: Provided, That the total acreage of the national park, as revised pursuant to sections 441f to 441i of this title, shall not exceed its area of approximately one hundred fifty-four thousand one hundred and nineteen acres as of May 7, 1952.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Reference to the monument’s approximately 154,119 acre area as of “May 7, 1952” was substituted for a reference in the original to the monument’s “present” area.
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 Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 441f
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102