16 USC § 423h - Report of completion; superintendent of battlefield

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s423h"
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title: "16 USC § 423h - Report of completion; superintendent of battlefield"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "423h"
section_name: "Report of completion; superintendent of battlefield"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LX"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 403.)"
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# § 423h. Report of completion; superintendent of battlefield

Upon completion of the acquisition of the land and the work of the commission, the Secretary of the Interior shall render a report thereon to Congress, and thereafter the battlefield shall be placed in charge of a superintendent at a salary to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and paid out of the appropriation available for the maintenance of the battlefield.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 403.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Battlefield” substituted in text for “park” in view of redesignation of Petersburg National Military Park as Petersburg National Military Battlefield by . See .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under .