54 USC § 100701 - Protection, interpretation, and research in System

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identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s100701"
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title: "54 USC § 100701 - Protection, interpretation, and research in System"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "100701"
section_name: "Protection, interpretation, and research in System"
chapter_number: 1007
chapter_name: "RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SYSTEM RESOURCE INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT"
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. 3105.)"
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# § 100701. Protection, interpretation, and research in System

Recognizing the ever increasing societal pressures being placed upon America’s unique natural and cultural resources contained in the System, the Secretary shall continually improve the ability of the Service to provide state-of-the-art management, protection, and interpretation of, and research on, the resources of the System.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3105.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 100701 | 16 U.S.C. 5911. | Pub. L. 105–391, title I, § 101, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3498. |