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16 USC Sec. 3 01/05/2009
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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
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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.