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title: "54 U.S.C. § 300310"
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title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 300310 - Local government

## Text

In this division, the term “local government” means a city, county, township, municipality, or borough, or any other general purpose political subdivision of any State.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3189.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30031016 U.S.C. 470w(3).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(3), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001. The word “parish” is omitted as unnecessary because of 1 U.S.C. 2.