16 USC § 47b - Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47a
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s47b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 47b - Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47a"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "47b"
section_name: "Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47a"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 9, 1930, ch. 234, § 2, 46 Stat. 265.)"
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# § 47b. Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47a
16 U.S.C. 791asection 47a of this title
The provisions of the Federal Power Act [ et seq.] shall not apply to any lands added to the Yosemite National Park under the authority of .
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**Source Credit**: (May 9, 1930, ch. 234, § 2, 46 Stat. 265.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Act of , known as the Federal Water Power Act,” and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by . The Federal Power Act is , , and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.