16 USC § 438 - Repairs and improvements; how made

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s438"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 438 - Repairs and improvements; how made"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "438"
section_name: "Repairs and improvements; how made"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXI"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 425, 43 Stat. 1109; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)"
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# § 438. Repairs and improvements; how made

Any and all repairs, improvements, changes, and alterations in the grounds, buildings, and other appurtenances to the reservation shall be made only according to detailed plans which shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and all such repairs, improvements, or alterations shall be made at the expense of the United States, and all such improvements, together with the reservation itself, shall become and remain permanently the property of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 425, 43 Stat. 1109; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section and sections 437, 439, and 440 of this title were derived from act . See Codification note set out under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of War and Emergencies

Termination of state of war and national emergencies, see note set out under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

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