Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§47a Addition of Certain Lands to Park Authorized
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VI — SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 47a
Summary
The President can add two specific pieces of land to Yosemite National Park: section 1 and the north half of section 12 in township 1 south, range 19 east, Mount Diablo meridian. He may do this by Executive proclamation only after the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture jointly recommend it, and the change is meant to preserve and consolidate timber stands along the park’s western boundary.
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Title 16, §47a
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For the purpose of preserving and consolidating timber stands along the western boundary of the Yosemite National Park the President of the United States is authorized, upon the joint recommendation of the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to add to the Yosemite National Park, in the State of California, by Executive proclamation, section 1 and the north half of section 12, township 1 south, range 19 east, Mount Diablo meridian.
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16 U.S.C. § 47a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102