16 USC § 158 - Administration, protection, and development

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title: "16 USC § 158 - Administration, protection, and development"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "158"
section_name: "Administration, protection, and development"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XVII"
subchapter_name: "BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 3, 49 Stat. 394.)"
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# 1 Administration, protection, and development

See References in Text note below.

August 25, 191639 Stat. 535[^1]*Provided*16 U.S.C. 791a

The administration, protection, and development of the Big Bend National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of  (), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended: , That the provisions of the Federal Power Act [ et seq.] shall not apply to this park.

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**Source Credit**: (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 3, 49 Stat. 394.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act of  (), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, referred to in text, is , , known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under , National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, , , 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding .

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Act of , known as the Federal Water Power Act,” and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by . The Federal Power Act is , , as amended, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.