16 USC § 272d - Administration, protection, and development; report to President

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title: "16 USC § 272d - Administration, protection, and development; report to President"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "272d"
section_name: "Administration, protection, and development; report to President"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXX"
subchapter_name: "ARCHES NATIONAL PARK"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–155, § 5, Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 422; Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3061.)"
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# § 272d. Administration, protection, and development; report to President

**1** **In general** August 25, 191639 Stat. 535[^1]

The Secretary shall administer, protect and develop the park in accordance with the provisions of the law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved  ().

See References in Text note below.

**(b)** **Lost Spring Canyon Addition**

**(1)** **Withdrawal** Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land in the Lost Spring Canyon Addition is appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, leasing, or other disposition under the public land laws (including the mineral leasing laws).

**(2)** **Effect** October 30, 1998

The inclusion of the Lost Spring Canyon Addition in the park shall not affect the operation or maintenance by the Northwest Pipeline Corporation (or its successors or assigns) of the natural gas pipeline and related facilities located in the Lost Spring Canyon Addition on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–155, § 5, Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 422; Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3061.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved  (), referred to in subsec. (a), 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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3,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 .

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a). , inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title.”

Subsec. (b). , inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Within three years from , the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, his recommendations as the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act.”