16 USC § 441d - Examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within park

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s441d"
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title: "16 USC § 441d - Examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within park"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "441d"
section_name: "Examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within park"
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: "(Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 693, § 5, 45 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)"
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# § 441d. Examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within park

*Provided*

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit examinations, excavations, and gathering of objects of interest within said park by any person or persons whom he may deem properly qualified to conduct such examinations, excavations, or gatherings, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: , That the examinations, excavations, and gatherings are undertaken only for the benefit of some reputable museum, university, college, or other recognized scientific or educational institution, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects and aiding the general advancement of geological and zoological science.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 693, § 5, 45 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Word “park” substituted in text for “monument” pursuant to , which is classified to  and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.