54 USC § 300310 - Local government

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title: "54 USC § 300310 - Local government"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "300310"
section_name: "Local government"
chapter_number: 3003
chapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3189.)"
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# § 300310. Local government

In this division, the term “local government” means a city, county, township, municipality, or borough, or any other general purpose political subdivision of any State.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3189.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 300310 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(3). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(3), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001. |

The word “parish” is omitted as unnecessary because of .