16 USC § 284a - Administration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s284a"
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title: "16 USC § 284a - Administration"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "284a"
section_name: "Administration"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXXV"
subchapter_name: "WOLF TRAP NATIONAL PARK FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–671, § 2, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 107–219, § 1(a)(2), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1330.)"
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# 1 Administration

See References in Text note below.

section 284 of this titleAugust 25, 191639 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–4[^1]

The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the park in accordance with the provisions of  and the Act of  (; ), as amended and supplemented, except that laws, rules, or regulations that are applicable solely to units of the National Park System that are designated as a “National Park” shall not apply to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–671, § 2, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 107–219, § 1(a)(2), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1330.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act of  (; ), 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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3,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 .

### Amendments

2002— inserted before period at end: “, except that laws, rules, or regulations that are applicable solely to units of the National Park System that are designated as a ‘National Park’ shall not apply to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts”.