---
type: "LegalText"
title: "54 U.S.C. § 100702"
description: "Research mandate"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
chapter_number: "1007"
chapter_name: "RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
section: "100702"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 100702"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc54@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s100702"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-54/usc54.xml"
source_hash: "6f9c1294aa4e9fb2b36d3f881bcde1e86551ebc169a298946120ae6d9193f3ef"
raw_snapshot_hash: "ae37e9ba9ffe98b17fb5695939469d1407e46b028e81e9ffb76abd1481eeb360"
text_hash: "eb3e2fec27da96548ced7dff91e7c3858790e8d9ef91c0800106bf74491449fc"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 54 U.S.C. § 100702 - Research mandate

## Text

The Secretary shall ensure that management of System units is enhanced by the availability and utilization of a broad program of the highest quality science and information.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10070216 U.S.C. 5932.Pub. L. 105–391, title II, § 202, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3499.