CITE

    16 USC Sec. 3                                               01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

HEAD

    Sec. 3. Rules and regulations of national parks, reservations, and
      monuments; timber; leases

STATUTE

      The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules
    and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the use and
    management of the parks, monuments, and reservations under the
    jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and any violation of any
    of the rules and regulations authorized by this section and
    sections 1, 2, and 4 of this title shall be punished by a fine of
    not more than $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or
    both, and be adjudged to pay all cost of the proceedings. He may
    also, upon terms and conditions to be fixed by him, sell or dispose
    of timber in those cases where in his judgment the cutting of such
    timber is required in order to control the attacks of insects or
    diseases or otherwise conserve the scenery or the natural or
    historic objects in any such park, monument, or reservation. He may
    also provide in his discretion for the destruction of such animals
    and of such plant life as may be detrimental to the use of any of
    said parks, monuments, or reservations. No natural,(!1)
    curiosities, wonders, or objects of interest shall be leased,
    rented, or granted to anyone on such terms as to interfere with
    free access to them by the public: Provided, however, That the
    Secretary of the Interior may, under such rules and regulations and
    on such terms as he may prescribe, grant the privilege to graze
    livestock within any national park, monument, or reservation herein
    referred to when in his judgment such use is not detrimental to the
    primary purpose for which such park, monument, or reservation was
    created, except that this provision shall not apply to the
    Yellowstone National Park: And provided further, That the Secretary
    of the Interior may grant said privileges, leases, and permits and
    enter into contracts relating to the same with responsible persons,
    firms, or corporations without advertising and without securing
    competitive bids: And provided further, That no contract, lease,
    permit, or privilege granted shall be assigned or transferred by
    such grantees, permittees, or licensees without the approval of the
    Secretary of the Interior first obtained in writing.

SOURCE

    (Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 535; June 2, 1920, ch.
    218, Sec. 5, 41 Stat. 732; Mar. 7, 1928, ch. 137, Sec. 1, 45 Stat.
    235; Pub. L. 85-434, May 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 152; Pub. L. 105-391,
    title IV, Sec. 415(b)(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3515.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      Herein, referred to in text, means act Aug. 25, 1916, known as
    the "National Park Service Organic Act", which is classified to
    this section and sections 1, 2, and 4 of this title. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 1 of this title and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

      1998 - Pub. L. 105-391, Sec. 415(b)(1)(A), in fourth sentence,
    substituted "No natural," for "He may also grant privileges,
    leases, and permits for the use of land for the accommodation of
    visitors in the various parks, monuments, or other reservations
    herein provided for, but for periods not exceeding thirty years;
    and no natural".
      Pub. L. 105-391, Sec. 415(b)(1)(B), in fourth sentence, struck
    out last proviso which read as follows ": And provided further,
    That the Secretary may, in his discretion, authorize such grantees,
    permittees, or licensees to execute mortgages and issue bonds,
    shares of stock, and other evidences of interest in or indebtedness
    upon their rights, properties, and franchises, for the purposes of
    installing, enlarging, or improving plant and equipment and
    extending facilities for the accommodation of the public within
    such national parks and monuments".
      1958 - Pub. L. 85-434 substituted "thirty years" for "twenty
    years".
      1928 - Act Mar. 7, 1928, inserted last three provisos.
      1920 - Act June 2, 1920, substituted "and any violation of any of
    the rules and regulations authorized by this section and sections
    1, 2, and 4 of this title shall be punished by a fine of not more
    than $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both,
    and be adjudged to pay all cost of the proceedings" for "and any
    violations of any of the rules and regulations authorized by this
    section and sections 1, 2, and 4 of this title shall be punished as
    provided for in section 50 of the Act entitled 'An Act to codify
    and amend the Penal Laws of the United States,' approved March 4,
    1909, as amended by section 6 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (Thirty-
    sixth United States Statutes at Large, page 857,".

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
    Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees.

FOOTNOTE

    (!1) So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
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