Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102
§100732 Preservation and Management of System Units by Secretary; Promulgation of Regulations
Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1007 — RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN SYSTEM UNITS › § 100732
Summary
The Secretary must make rules for any use of mineral rights on patented or unpatented mining claims in System units. They must preserve the units for present and future generations and carry out the cited sections.
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Title 54, §100732
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To preserve for the benefit of present and future generations the pristine beauty of System units, and to further the purposes of section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of this title and the individual organic Acts for the System units, all activities resulting from the exercise of mineral rights on patented or unpatented mining claims within any System unit shall be subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary as the Secretary considers necessary or desirable for the preservation and management of the System units.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10073216 U.S.C. 1902.Pub. L. 94–429, § 2, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1342. The word “valid” is omitted for clarity because
Regulations
apply to the exercise of mining claim rights before they are determined to be valid. The word “existing” is omitted as obsolete.
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54 U.S.C. § 100732
Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102