Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 217. Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Park
Statutory text
The Abraham Lincoln National Park, in the State of Kentucky, authorized by sections 211 to 214 of this title, shall hereafter be called and known as the “Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park”, and all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for this area under previous designations may be used in this area as redesignated.
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.
Pub. L. 76–686 · 53 Stat. 1405
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 217
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Portion of act , relating to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is set out as section 440a of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park was renamed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site by Pub. L. 86–231, , 73 Stat. 466, and then was renamed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park by Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7114(a), , 123 Stat. 1202.
Credits
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)