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title: "16 U.S.C. § 402a"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 402a - Utah National Park; change of name to Bryce Canyon National Park

## Text

The area within the State of Utah described in section 401 of this title, providing for the establishment of the Utah National Park, shall be, when established as a national park, known as the Bryce Canyon National Park.

(Feb. 25, 1928, ch. 102, § 1, 45 Stat. 147.)