16 USC § 397a - Establishment; notice in Federal Register

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s397a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 397a - Establishment; notice in Federal Register"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "397a"
section_name: "Establishment; notice in Federal Register"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLIII"
subchapter_name: "PUʻUHONUA O HO̅NAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 2, 69 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3477; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(d)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2364.)"
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# § 397a. Establishment; notice in Federal Register

section 397 of this title

Upon the vesting of title in the United States to such lands as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary and suitable for historical park purposes in accordance with the provisions of , the Puʻuhonua o Ho̅naunau National Historical Park shall be established by order of the said Secretary, which shall be published in the Federal Register. Any other lands within the area described above shall become a part of the national historical park upon the vesting of title thereto in the United States and upon publication of an appropriate supplemental order by the said Secretary in the Federal Register.

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 2, 69 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3477; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(d)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2364.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000— substituted “Puʻuhonua o Ho̅naunau National Historical Park” for “Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park”.

1978— redesignated as “Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park” the park previously designated “City of Refuge National Historical Park”.