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title: "16 U.S.C. § 161b"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 161b - Designation for purposes of administration, promotion, development, and support

## Text

For purposes of administration, promotion, development, and support by appropriations that part of the said Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park within the territory of the United States shall be designated as the Glacier National Park.

(May 2, 1932, ch. 157, § 2, 47 Stat. 145.)