54 USC § 100501 - Areas included in System

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identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s100501"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "54 USC § 100501 - Areas included in System"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "100501"
section_name: "Areas included in System"
chapter_number: 1005
chapter_name: "AREAS OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)"
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# § 100501. Areas included in System

The System shall include any area of land and water administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director, for park, monument, historic, parkway, recreational, or other purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 100501 | 16 U.S.C. 1c(a). | Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 384, § 2(a), 67 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 91–383, § 2(b), Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826. |

The words “now or hereafter” are omitted as obsolete.