54 U.S.C. § 100101
Promotion and regulation
Congress declares that—
Title 54 — NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
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54 U.S.C. § 100102
Definitions
In this title:
54 U.S.C. § 100301
Establishment
There is in the Department of the Interior a service called the National Park Service.
54 U.S.C. § 100303
Effect on other laws
This chapter and sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of this title do not affect or modify section 100902(a) of this title.
54 U.S.C. § 100501
Areas included in System
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.
54 U.S.C. § 100502
General management plans
General management plans for the preservation and use of each System unit, including areas within the national capital area, shall be prepared and revised in a timely manner by the Director. On January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a list indicating the current status of completion or revision…
54 U.S.C. § 100503
Five-year strategic plans
The budget shall include—
54 U.S.C. § 100504
Study and planning of park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities
In making the study and to accomplish the purposes of this section, the Secretary, acting through the Director— may cooperate and make agreements with and seek and accept the assistance of—
54 U.S.C. § 100505
Periodic review of System
The report shall contain the following:
54 U.S.C. § 100506
Boundary changes to System units
The Secretary shall maintain criteria to evaluate any proposed changes to the boundaries of System units, including— In proposing a boundary change to a System unit, the Secretary shall— When the Secretary determines that to do so will contribute to, and is necessary for, the proper preservation, protection, interpreta…
54 U.S.C. § 100507
Additional areas for System
In developing the list to be submitted under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider— This section does not apply to or affect or alter the study of— In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider whether the area under study— Each study— with regard to the area being studied, shall consider— At the beginn…
54 U.S.C. § 100701
Protection, interpretation, and research in System
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 th…
54 U.S.C. § 100702
Research mandate
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.
54 U.S.C. § 100703
Cooperative study units
The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities, including land grant schools, in partnership with other Federal and State agencies, to establish cooperative study units to conduct multi-disciplinary research and develop integrated information products on the resources of the System…
54 U.S.C. § 100704
Inventory and monitoring program
The Secretary shall undertake a program of inventory and monitoring of System resources to establish baseline information and to provide information on the long-term trends in the condition of System resources. The monitoring program shall be developed in cooperation with other Federal monitoring and information collec…
54 U.S.C. § 100705
Availability of System units for scientific study
A request for use of a System unit under subsection (a) may be approved only if the Secretary determines that the proposed study—
54 U.S.C. § 100706
Integration of study results into management decisions
The Secretary shall take such measures as are necessary to ensure the full and proper utilization of the results of scientific study for System unit management decisions. In each case in which an action undertaken by the Service may cause a significant adverse effect on a System unit resource, the administrative record…
54 U.S.C. § 100707
Confidentiality of information
Information concerning the nature and specific location of a System resource that is endangered, threatened, rare, or commercially valuable, of mineral or paleontological objects within System units, or of objects of cultural patrimony within System units, may be withheld from the public in response to a request under…
54 U.S.C. § 100721
Definitions
In this subchapter: The term “damages” includes— compensation for— The term “response costs” means the costs of actions taken by the Secretary to—
54 U.S.C. § 100722
Liability
A person is not liable under this section if the person establishes that—
54 U.S.C. § 100723
Actions
The Secretary shall undertake all necessary actions to—
54 U.S.C. § 100724
Use of recovered amounts
Response costs and damages recovered by the Secretary under this subchapter or amounts recovered by the Federal Government under any Federal, State, or local law or regulation or otherwise as a result of destruction, loss of, or injury to any System unit resource shall be available to the Secretary and without further…
54 U.S.C. § 100725
Donations
The Secretary may accept donations of money or services for expenditure or employment to meet expected, immediate, or ongoing response costs. The donations may be expended or employed at any time after their acceptance, without further Congressional action.
54 U.S.C. § 100731
Findings and declaration
Congress finds and declares that—
54 U.S.C. § 100732
Preservation and management of System units by Secretary; promulgation of regulations
To preserve for the benefit of present and future generations the pristine beauty of System units, and to further the purposes of section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of this title and the individual organic Acts for the System units, all activities resulting from the exer…
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