16 USC § 407q - Administration, protection, and development

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title: "16 USC § 407q - Administration, protection, and development"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "407q"
section_name: "Administration, protection, and development"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LI"
subchapter_name: "INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 5, 62 Stat. 1062.)"
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# 1 Administration, protection, and development

See References in Text note below.

August 25, 191639 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–4[^1]August 21, 193549 Stat. 66616 U.S.C. 461–467[^1]

The administration, protection, and development of the park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of  (; ), as amended and supplemented, and the Historic Sites Act of  (; ).

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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 5, 62 Stat. 1062.)

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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§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

The Historic Sites Act of  (; ), referred to in text, is , , also known as the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, which enacted sections 461 to 467 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and sections 102303 and 102304 and chapter 3201 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by ,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 .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Development of Park; Appropriation

, §§ 1, 2, , , authorized the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with the development of Independence National Historical Park, the establishment of which was authorized by the Act of  () [this subchapter], in accordance with plans to be approved by the Secretary, authorized to be appropriated for the development of said park pursuant to this Act the sum of $7,250,000, and provided that all funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act be expended by .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.