16 USC § 217a - Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s217a"
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title: "16 USC § 217a - Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "217a"
section_name: "Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park"
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: "(Pub. L. 86–231, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 466.)"
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# § 217a. Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park

September 8, 1959

The Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park at Hodgenville, Kentucky, shall on and after , be known as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such historical park is designated or referred to under the name of Abraham Lincoln National Historic Park shall be held to refer to such historical park under and by the name of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–231, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 466.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site was renamed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park by , , .