16 USC § 410nnn - Findings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s410nnn"
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title: "16 USC § 410nnn - Findings"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "410nnn"
section_name: "Findings"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LIX–LL"
subchapter_name: "PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–304, § 2, June 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 256.)"
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# § 410nnn. Findings

The Congress finds that:

**(1)** The study conducted by the National Park Service under section 506(b) of Public Law 95–625 has resulted in a precise identification of the location of the Battle of Palo Alto and the area requiring protection.

**(2)** Palo Alto is the only unit of the National Park System directed to the preservation and interpretation of resources related to the Mexican-American War.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–304, § 2, June 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 256.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in par. (1), is set out as a note under .

### Codification

This subchapter is comprised of .  is also listed in a table of National Historic Sites set out under , National Park Service and Related Programs.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Act of 1991’.”

, , , as amended by , , , provided that:

### Designation of Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

> **“(1)** **In general.—** The Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site shall be known and designated as the ‘Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park’.
> 
> **“(2)** **References.—** Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the historic site referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park.”

, (2), , , provided that: