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United States Code 16 USC 1 - Service created; director; other employees
16 USC 10 , 10a - Repealed.
16 USC 11 - Medical attention for employees
16 USC 1131 - National Wilderness Preservation System
16 USC 1132 - Extent of System
16 USC 1133 - Use of wilderness areas
16 USC 1134 - State and private lands within wilderness areas
16 USC 1135 - Gifts, bequests, and contributions
16 USC 1136 - Annual reports to Congress
16 USC 12 - Aid to visitors in emergencies
16 USC 13 - Medical attention to employees at isolated places; removal of bodies for burial
16 USC 14 - Repealed.
16 USC 14a - Appropriations; availability for printing information and signs
16 USC 14b - Credits of receipts for meals and quarters furnished Government employees in the field
16 USC 14c - Availability for expense of recording donated lands
16 USC 14d - Use of funds for law enforcement and emergencies
16 USC 14e - Contribution for annuity benefits
16 USC 15 - Appropriations for purchase of equipment; waterproof footwear
16 USC 16 - Central warehouses at parks and monuments; maintenance; purchase of supplies and materials; distribution
16 USC 17 - Personal equipment and supplies for employees; purchase by Secretary of the Interior; deductions from moneys due employees
16 USC 17a - Repealed.
16 USC 17b - Services or other accommodations for public; contracts; rates
16 USC 17c - Procurement of supplies, materials, and special services to aid permittees and licensees in emergencies; authority of Secretary of the Interior
16 USC 17d - Omitted
16 USC 17e - Care and removal of indigents; disposition of dead persons
16 USC 17f - Property of employee lost, damaged, or destroyed while in use on official business; reimbursement of employee
16 USC 17g - Equipment required by field employees; by whom furnished and maintained
16 USC 17h - Hire, rental, and purchase of property of employees; when authorized
16 USC 17i - Hire of work animals, vehicles and equipment with or without personal services; rates
16 USC 17j - Traveling expenses of National Park System employees and dependents of deceased employees
16 USC 17k - Park, parkway and recreational-area programs; study by National Park Service; consent of States; purpose; cooperation of government agencies
16 USC § -
16 USC 17m - Consent of Congress to agreements between States; when agreements effective
16 USC 17n - “State” defined
16 USC § -
16 USC 18 - Promotion of tourist travel
16 USC 18a - Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information
16 USC 18b - Advisory committee for promotion of tourist travel; expenses
16 USC 18c - Rules and regulations; employees
16 USC 18d - Authorization of appropriations
16 USC 18e - Repealed. Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, title V,
16 USC 18f - Management of museum properties
16 USC 1901 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
16 USC 1902 - Preservation and management of areas by Secretary of the Interior; promulgation of regulations
16 USC 1903 to 1906 - Omitted
16 USC 1907 - Recordation of mining claims; publication of notice
16 USC 1908 - Damage to natural and historical landmarks; procedures for determination and enforcement of abatement of damaging activities
16 USC 1909 - Severability
16 USC 1910 - Civil actions for just compensation by mining claim holders
16 USC 1911 - Acquisition of land by Secretary
16 USC 1912 - Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Secretary
16 USC 1a - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
16 USC 1b - Secretary of the Interior’s authorization of additional activities; administration of National Park System
16 USC 1c - General administration provisions; system defined; particular areas
16 USC 1d - Appropriations
16 USC 1e - National Capital region arts and cultural affairs; grant program
16 USC 1f - Challenge cost-share agreement authority
16 USC 1g - Cooperative agreements
16 USC 1h - Sums provided by private entities for utility services
16 USC 1i - Reimbursable agreements
16 USC 1j - Cooperative agreements for national park natural resource protection
16 USC 2 - National parks, reservations, and monuments; supervision
16 USC 241 - Establishment; boundaries; maintenance of roads
16 USC 241a - Extension of boundaries
16 USC 241b - Exchange of lands
16 USC 241c - Additional extension of lands
16 USC 241d - Exclusion of lands
16 USC 241e - Authority to make further adjustments
16 USC 241f - Extension of exchange authority
16 USC 241g - Change in name of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park
16 USC 242 - Condemnation of land; acceptance of donations
16 USC 243 - Exchange of lands
16 USC 244 - Construction of log buildings; limitation on cost
16 USC 245 - Administration, protection, and development
16 USC 246 - Repealed. June 10, 1948, ch. 437,
16 USC 247 - Homestead, mineral, and other rights unaffected
16 USC 3 - Rules and regulations of national parks, reservations, and monuments; timber; leases
16 USC 3101 - Congressional statement of purpose
16 USC 3102 - Definitions
16 USC 3103 - Maps
16 USC 347 - Establishment; boundaries
16 USC 3a - Recovery of costs associated with special use permits
16 USC 3b - Maintenance and repair of Government improvements under concession contracts
16 USC 4 - Rights-of-way through public lands
16 USC 410 - Establishment; acquisition of land
16 USC 410a - Acceptance of title to lands
16 USC 410b - Administration, protection, and development
16 USC 410bb - Establishment
16 USC 410c - Preservation of primitive condition
16 USC 410d - Acceptance and protection of property pending establishment of park; publication of establishment order
16 USC 410e - Acquisition of additional lands; reservation of oil, gas, and mineral rights; reservation of royalty rights
16 USC 410f - Limitation of Federal action during reservation period
16 USC 410g - Rules and regulations governing reservation rights
16 USC 410h - Ascertainment of owners’ election regarding reservation rights
16 USC 410hh - Establishment of new areas
16 USC 410i - Exterior boundaries; administration
16 USC 410j - Acquisition of land, water, and interests therein; consent of owner; reservations
16 USC 410k - Limitation of Federal action during reservation period
16 USC § -
16 USC 410m - Ascertainment of owners’ election regarding reservation rights
16 USC 410n - Drainage of lands; right-of-way
16 USC § -
16 USC 410p - Authorization of appropriations
16 USC 410q - Exchange of lands
16 USC 410r - Lands acquired as part of park; rules and regulations
16 USC 431 - National monuments; reservation of lands; relinquishment of private claims
16 USC 460dd - Establishment; boundaries; publication in Federal Register
16 USC 460ff - Establishment
16 USC 5 - Rights-of-way through parks or reservations for power and communications facilities
16 USC 6 - Donations of lands within national parks and monuments and moneys
16 USC 698 - Big Thicket National Preserve
16 USC 698a - Acquisition of property for Big Thicket Preserve
16 USC 698b - Right of use and occupancy of improved property on Big Thicket Preserve
16 USC 698c - Administration of Big Thicket Preserve
16 USC 698d - Review of Big Thicket Preserve area by Secretary; report to President
16 USC 698e - Authorization of appropriations for Big Thicket Preserve
16 USC 698f - Big Cypress National Preserve; Big Cypress National Preserve Addition
16 USC 698g - Acquisition of lands for Big Cypress Preserve
16 USC 698h - Right of use and occupancy of improved property on Big Cypress Preserve and Addition
16 USC 698i - Administration of Big Cypress Preserve; applicability of other laws; rules and regulations for use of lands and waters; transportation facilities; consultation and cooperation with Secretary of Transportation
16 USC 698j - Hunting, fishing, and trapping in Big Cypress Preserve and Addition authorized in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws; consultation with appropriate State agency...activities; land use and retention rights of Miccosukee and S
16 USC 698k - Contracts for providing visitor services in Big Cypress Preserve and Addition; right of first refusal to Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes
16 USC § -
16 USC 698m - Authorization of appropriations for Big Cypress Preserve and Addition
16 USC 6a - Repealed.
16 USC 7 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654,
16 USC 7a - Airports in national parks, monuments and recreation areas; construction, etc.
16 USC 7b - Acquisition of lands for airport use; contracts for operation and maintenance
16 USC 7c - Authorization to sponsor airport projects; use of funds
16 USC 7d - Jurisdiction over airports; public operation
16 USC 7e - Definitions
16 USC 8 - Roads and trails in national parks and monuments; construction, etc.
16 USC 8a - National-park approach roads; designation
16 USC 8b - National-park approach roads and roads and trails within national parks and national monuments; construction, improvement, and maintenance; appropriation
16 USC 8c - National-park approach roads across or within national forests; approval of Secretary of Agriculture
16 USC 8d - National-monument approach roads
16 USC 8e - Conveyance to States of roads leading to certain historical areas; conditions; jurisdiction
16 USC 8f - Roads leading to certain historical areas; “State” defined
16 USC 9 - Repealed. June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI,
16 USC 9a - Government of parks, etc.; violation of regulations as misdemeanor
30 USC 21 - Mineral lands reserved
30 USC 21a - National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
30 USC 22 - Lands open to purchase by citizens
30 USC 23 - Length of claims on veins or lodes
30 USC 24 - Proof of citizenship
30 USC 25 - Affidavit of citizenship
30 USC 26 - Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment
30 USC 27 - Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
30 USC 28 - Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending...upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as
30 USC 28a - Omitted
30 USC 28b - Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
30 USC 28c - Length and termination of deferment
30 USC 28d - Performance of deferred work
30 USC 28e - Recordation of deferment
30 USC 28f - Fee
30 USC 28g - Location fee
30 USC 28h - Co-ownership
30 USC 28i - Failure to pay
30 USC 28j - Other requirements
30 USC 28k - Regulations
30 USC § -
30 USC 29 - Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and...acre; objections; nonresident claimant’s agent for execution of application an
30 USC 30 - Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll,...of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation
30 USC 31 - Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
30 USC 32 - Findings by jury; costs
30 USC 33 - Existing rights
30 USC 34 - Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
30 USC 35 - Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land
30 USC 36 - Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
30 USC 37 - Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode...costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and sc
30 USC 38 - Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
30 USC 39 - Surveyors of mining claims
30 USC 40 - Verification of affidavits
30 USC 41 - Intersecting or crossing veins
30 USC 42 - Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
30 USC 43 - Conditions of sale by local legislature
30 USC 44 , 45 - Omitted
30 USC 46 - Additional land districts and officers
30 USC 47 - Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
30 USC 48 - Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
30 USC 49 - Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
30 USC 49a - Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of...line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of titl
30 USC 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
30 USC 49c - Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
30 USC 49d - Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
30 USC 49e - Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
30 USC 49f - Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
30 USC 50 - Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
30 USC 51 - Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession
30 USC 52 - Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
30 USC 53 - Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
30 USC 54 - Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
