16 USC § 428o - Administration, protection, and development

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title: "16 USC § 428o - Administration, protection, and development"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "428o"
section_name: "Administration, protection, and development"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LX"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–738, § 5, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 876.)"
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# 1 Administration, protection, and development

See References in Text note below.

August 25, 191639 Stat. 535[^1]

The administration, protection, and development of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved  (), as amended.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–738, § 5, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 876.)

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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§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