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§450ss–2 Oklahoma City National Memorial

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450ss–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Oklahoma City National Memorial as an affiliate of the National Park System to preserve certain lands in Oklahoma City so people in the United States and the world can benefit and be inspired. The Foundation must run the Memorial under sections 450ss to 450ss–7 and follow the Memorial Mission Statement adopted March 26, 1996. The Memorial covers the lands, buildings, and facilities shown on the map titled "Oklahoma City National Memorial," map number OCNM 001, dated May 1997. That map is on file and open for public inspection at the Foundation's office.

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Title 16, §450ss–2

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(a)In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States and the world, as a National Memorial certain lands located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, there is established as an affiliate of the National Park System the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
(b)The Foundation shall administer the Memorial in accordance with sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title and the general objectives of the “Memorial Mission Statement”, adopted March 26, 1996, by the Foundation.
(c)The Memorial area shall be comprised of the lands, facilities and structures generally depicted on the map entitled “Oklahoma City National Memorial”, numbered OCNM 001, and dated May 1997. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Foundation.

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2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(1), substituted “an affiliate” for “a unit” in first sentence and struck out second sentence, which read as follows: “The Memorial shall be administered by the Trust in cooperation with the Secretary and in accordance with the provisions of sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title, section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, and sections 461 to 467 of this title.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(2), (4), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c), substituted “1997. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Foundation.” for “1997 (hereafter referred to in sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title as the ‘map’):”, and struck out pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows: “(1) Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service and the Trust. “(2) After advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, in writing, the Trust, as established by section 450ss–3 of this title, in consultation with the Secretary, may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the Memorial when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register.”

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16 U.S.C. § 450ss–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60