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# 16 U.S.C. § 431 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272

## Notes

Section, act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, § 2, 34 Stat. 225, authorized declaration of national monuments. See section 320301(a) to (c) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.