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title: "54 U.S.C. § 100501"
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title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
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chapter_name: "AREAS OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 100501 - Areas included in System

## Text

The System shall include any area of land and water administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director, for park, monument, historic, parkway, recreational, or other purposes.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3098.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10050116 U.S.C. 1c(a).Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 384, § 2(a), 67 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 91–383, § 2(b), Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826. The words “now or hereafter” are omitted as obsolete.