Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102

§104903 Care, Removal, and Burial of Indigents

Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1049 — MISCELLANEOUS › § 104903

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can use money for System units to give short-term care, remove indigent people from a unit, and, if they die, arrange burial on a unit not under local control. No transport over 50 miles.

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Title 54, §104903

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The Secretary may provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expenses of System units, for the temporary care and removal from a System unit of indigents, and in case of death to provide for their burial in System units not under local jurisdiction for these purposes. This section does not authorize transportation of indigents or deceased for a distance of more than 50 miles from the System unit.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10490316 U.S.C. 17e.May 26, 1930, ch. 324, § 6, 46 Stat. 382.

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54 U.S.C. § 104903

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102