16 USC § 396b - Establishment; boundaries; administration

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title: "16 USC § 396b - Establishment; boundaries; administration"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "396b"
section_name: "Establishment; boundaries; administration"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLII"
subchapter_name: "HALEAKALA̅ NATIONAL PARK"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–744, § 1, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(b)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2363.)"
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# 1 Establishment; boundaries; administration

See References in Text note below.

July 1, 1961August 25, 191639 Stat. 535[^1]

Effective , the detached portion of the Hawaii National Park which lies on the island of Maui is established as a separate unit of the national park system to be known as Haleakala̅ National Park. The park so established shall be administered in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved  (), as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with any other applicable provision of law relating to the Maui portion of Hawaii National Park.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–744, § 1, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(b)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2363.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§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

2000— substituted “Haleakala̅ National Park” for “Haleakala National Park”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

> “Any reference in any law (other than this Act [see Short Title of 2000 Amendments note set out under
> 
> ]), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to ‘Haleakala National Park’ shall be considered a reference to ‘Haleakala̅ National Park’.”

, , , provided that:

### Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Designation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of Hawaii as Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, effective  see .