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TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Revised
Section

Source (U.S. Code)

100303 .........

16 U.S.C. 4.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Source (Statutes at Large)

Revised
Section

Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, § 4, 39
Stat. 536.

100502 .........

Source (U.S. Code)
16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b).

CHAPTER 1005—AREAS OF NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM
Sec.

100501.

Areas included in System.

100502.

General management plans.

100503.

Five-year strategic plans.

100504.

Study and planning of park, parkway, and
recreational-area facilities.

100505.

Periodic review of System.

100506.

Boundary changes to System units.

100507.

Additional areas for System.

§ 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.
(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
100501 .........

Source (U.S. Code)
16 U.S.C. 1c(a).

Source (Statutes at Large)
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.

§ 100502. General management plans
General management plans for the preservation and use of each System unit, including
areas within the national capital area, shall be
prepared and revised in a timely manner by the
Director. On January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a list indicating
the current status of completion or revision of
general management plans for each System
unit. General management plans for each System unit shall include—
(1) measures for the preservation of the
area’s resources;
(2) indications of types and general intensities of development (including visitor circulation and transportation patterns, systems,
and modes) associated with public enjoyment
and use of the area, including general locations, timing of implementation, and anticipated costs;
(3) identification of and implementation
commitments for visitor carrying capacities
for all areas of the System unit; and
(4) indications of potential modifications to
the external boundaries of the System unit,
and the reasons for the modifications.
(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)

§ 100504

Source (Statutes at Large)
Pub. L. 91–383, § 12, as added
Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7,
1976, 90 Stat. 1942; Pub. L.
95–625, title VI, § 604(3), (4),
Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3518,
3519; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(c),
Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583;
Pub. L. 105–391, title IV,
§ 415(b)(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112
Stat. 3515.

§ 100503. Five-year strategic plans
(a) STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE PLANS.—
Each System unit shall prepare and make available to the public a 5-year strategic plan and an
annual performance plan. The plans shall reflect
the Service policies, goals, and outcomes represented in the Service-wide strategic plan prepared pursuant to section 306 of title 5.
(b) ANNUAL BUDGET.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a part of the annual performance plan for a System unit prepared pursuant to subsection (a), following receipt of
the appropriation for the unit from the Operations of the National Park System account
(but not later than January 1 of each year),
the superintendent of the System unit shall
develop and make available to the public the
budget for the current fiscal year for that System unit.
(2) CONTENTS.—The budget shall include—
(A) funding allocations for resource preservation (including resource management),
visitor services (including maintenance, interpretation, law enforcement, and search
and rescue), and administration; and
(B) allocations into each of the categories
in subparagraph (A) of all funds retained
from fees collected for that year, including
special use permits, concession franchise
fees, and recreation use and entrance fees.
(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Section
100503 .........

Source (U.S. Code)
16 U.S.C. 5914.

Source (Statutes at Large)
Pub. L. 105–391, title I, § 104,
Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat.
3499.

§ 100504. Study and planning of park, parkway,
and recreational-area facilities
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘‘State’’ means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(2) STUDY.—The Secretary shall cause the
Service to make a comprehensive study, other
than on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, of the public park, parkway, and recreational area programs of the
United States, States, and political subdivisions of States and of areas of land throughout
the United States that are or may be chiefly
valuable as public park, parkway, or recreational areas. A study shall not be made in
any State without the consent and approval of
the State officials, boards, or departments

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having jurisdiction over the land. The study
shall be such as, in the judgment of the Secretary, will provide data helpful in developing
a plan for coordinated and adequate public
park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities
for the people of the United States.
(3) COOPERATION AND AGREEMENTS WITH
OTHER ENTITIES.—In making the study and to
accomplish the purposes of this section, the
Secretary, acting through the Director—
(A) shall seek and accept the cooperation
and assistance of Federal departments or
agencies having jurisdiction of land belonging to the United States; and
(B) may cooperate and make agreements
with and seek and accept the assistance of—
(i) other Federal agencies and instrumentalities; and
(ii) States, political subdivisions of
States, and agencies and instrumentalities
of either of them.
(4) STATE PLANNING.—For the purpose of developing coordinated and adequate public
park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities
for the people of the United States, the Secretary may aid States and political subdivisions of States in planning public park, parkway, and recreational areas and in cooperating
with one another to accomplish these ends.
Aid shall be made available through the Service acting in cooperation with such State
agencies or agencies of political subdivisions
of States as the Secretary considers best.
(b) CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO AGREEMENTS BESTATES.—The consent of Congress is
given to any 2 or more States to negotiate and
enter into compacts or agreements with one another with reference to planning, establishing,
developing, improving, and maintaining any
park, parkway, or recreational area. No compact
or agreement shall be effective until approved
by the legislatures of the States that are parties
to the compact or agreement and by Congress.
TWEEN

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3099.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section

Source (U.S. Code)

100504(a)(1)

16 U.S.C. 17n.

100504(a)(2),
(3).
100504(a)(4)
100504(b) .....

16 U.S.C. 17l.
16 U.S.C. 17m.

Source (Statutes at Large)
June 23, 1936, ch. 735, 49
Stat. 1894; Aug. 1, 1956, ch.
852, § 6, 70 Stat. 908.

16 U.S.C. 17k.

§ 100505. Periodic review of System
(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO CONDUCT REVIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a systematic
and comprehensive review of certain aspects of
the System and on a periodic basis (but not less
often than every 3 years) submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate a report on the findings of the review, together with recommendations as the
Secretary determines to be necessary.
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting and preparing the report, the Secretary shall consult with

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appropriate officials of affected Federal, State,
and local agencies and national, regional, and
local organizations. The consultation shall include holding public hearings that the Secretary
determines to be appropriate to provide a full
opportunity for public comment.
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall
contain the following:
(1) A comprehensive listing of all authorized
but unacquired parcels of land within the exterior boundaries of each System unit as of November 28, 1990.
(2) A priority listing of all those unacquired
parcels by System unit and for the System as
a whole. The list shall describe the acreage
and ownership of each parcel, the estimated
cost of acquisition for each parcel (subject to
any statutory acquisition limitations for the
land), and the basis for the estimate.
(3) An analysis and evaluation of the current
and future needs of each System unit for resource management, interpretation, construction, operation and maintenance, personnel,
and housing, together with an estimate of the
costs.
(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3099.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section

Source (U.S. Code)

100505(a) .....

16 U.S.C. 1a–9.

100505(b) .....
100505(c) .....

16 U.S.C. 1a–10.
16 U.S.C. 1a–11.

Source (Statutes at Large)
Pub. L. 101–628, title XII,
§§ 1213–1215, Nov. 28, 1990,
104 Stat. 4507; Pub. L.
103–437, § 6(d)(2), Nov. 2,
1994, 108 Stat. 4583.

In subsection (a), the text of 16 U.S.C. 1a–9 (last sentence) is omitted as obsolete.

§ 100506. Boundary changes to System units
(a) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.—The Secretary
shall maintain criteria to evaluate any proposed
changes to the boundaries of System units, including—
(1) analysis of whether or not an existing
boundary provides for the adequate protection
and preservation of the natural, historic, cultural, scenic and recreational resources integral to the System unit;
(2) an evaluation of each parcel proposed for
addition or deletion to a System unit based on
the analysis under paragraph (1); and
(3) an assessment of the impact of potential
boundary adjustments taking into consideration the factors in section 100505(c)(3) of this
title and the effect of the adjustments on the
local communities and surrounding area.
(b) PROPOSAL OF SECRETARY.—In proposing a
boundary change to a System unit, the Secretary shall—
(1) consult with affected agencies of State
and local governments, surrounding communities, affected landowners, and private national, regional, and local organizations;
(2) apply the criteria developed pursuant to
subsection (a) and accompany the proposal
with a statement reflecting the results of the
application of the criteria; and
(3) include with the proposal an estimate of
the cost for acquiring any parcels proposed for