16 USC § 216 - Authorization of appropriation

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title: "16 USC § 216 - Authorization of appropriation"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "216"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriation"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXIII"
subchapter_name: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Feb. 11, 1929, ch. 176, § 2, 45 Stat. 1162.)"
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# § 216. Authorization of appropriation

section 215 of this title

There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of ; and authorization is also given for such appropriations as may, in the future, be deemed necessary for the proper protection, preservation, care, maintenance, and operation of the said national park or reservation, including the salaries and compensation of a superintendent and other needed employees.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 11, 1929, ch. 176, § 2, 45 Stat. 1162.)

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