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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 121. Establishment; boundaries

Statutory text

In order to preserve for the benefit, education, and inspiration of the people of the United States certain unique and ancient volcanic features, including Crater Lake, together with significant forest and fish and wildlife resources, there is hereby established the Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon. The boundary of the park shall encompass the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled, “Crater Lake National Park, Oregon”, numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary of the park which were within the boundary of any national forest are excluded from such national forest and the boundary of such national forest is revised accordingly.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 57–820 § 1 · 32 Stat. 202

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 121

    May 22, 1902, ch. 820, § 1, 32 Stat. 202

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 22, 1902, ch. 820, § 1, 32 Stat. 202

  2. Pub. L. 96–553 § 1(a) · 94 Stat. 3255

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 121

    Pub. L. 96–553 substituted provisions relating to establishment and map depicting boundaries of Crater Lake National Park for provisions setting out latitude and longitude of Crater Lake National Park and dedication of such Park

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–553 substituted provisions relating to establishment and map depicting boundaries of Crater Lake National Park for provisions setting out latitude and longitude of Crater Lake National Park and dedication of such Park.

  3. Pub. L. 97–250 § 1(a) · 96 Stat. 709

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 121

    Pub. L. 97–250 substituted “numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981” for “numbered 106–80,001, and dated February 1980”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–250 substituted “numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981” for “numbered 106–80,001, and dated February 1980”.

0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980–1982 · 2 rounds

1982

Pub. L. 97–250 substituted “numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981” for “numbered 106–80,001, and dated February 1980”.

1980

Pub. L. 96–553 substituted provisions relating to establishment and map depicting boundaries of Crater Lake National Park for provisions setting out latitude and longitude of Crater Lake National Park and dedication of such Park.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Disposition of Excluded Lands, Water, and Interests

Pub. L. 97–250, § 1(b), , 96 Stat. 709, provided that: “Lands, water, and interests therein excluded from the boundary of Crater Lake National Park by subsection (a) [amending this section] are hereby made a part of the Rogue River National Forest, and the boundary of such national forest is revised accordingly.”

Credits

1902–1982 · 3 acts
  1. 1902May 22, 1902, ch. 820, § 1, 32 Stat. 202
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–553, § 1(a), , 94 Stat. 3255
  3. 1982Pub. L. 97–250, § 1(a), , 96 Stat. 709.
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(May 22, 1902, ch. 820, § 1, 32 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 96–553, § 1(a), , 94 Stat. 3255; Pub. L. 97–250, § 1(a), , 96 Stat. 709.)

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