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# 54 U.S.C. § 100701 - Protection, interpretation, and research in System

## Text

Recognizing the ever increasing societal pressures being placed upon America’s unique natural and cultural resources contained in the System, the Secretary shall continually improve the ability of the Service to provide state-of-the-art management, protection, and interpretation of, and research on, the resources of the System.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3105.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10070116 U.S.C. 5911.Pub. L. 105–391, title I, § 101, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3498.