16 USC § 440 - Closure in times of national emergency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s440"
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title: "16 USC § 440 - Closure in times of national emergency"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "440"
section_name: "Closure in times of national emergency"
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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# § 440. Closure in times of national emergency

The Secretary of the Interior may, in case of a national emergency, close the said Fort McHenry and it may be used for any and all military purposes during the period of the emergency and for such period of time thereafter, as the public needs may require.

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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

A proviso at the close of act , authorizing the disposal of the useless temporary buildings constructed during the World War and appropriating a sum from the proceeds thereof for the purposes of the act has been omitted as temporary and executed.

This section and sections 437 to 439 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 .