Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 410zz. Findings and purpose
Statutory text
The Congress finds that—
the Saguaro National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1933;
the Tucson Mountain unit was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1961;
in recognition of the need to provide increased protection for the monument, the boundaries of Tucson Mountain unit were expanded in 1976, and the boundaries of Rincon unit were expanded in 1991;
the Tucson Mountain unit continues to face threats to the integrity of its natural resources, scenic beauty, and habitat protection for which the unit was established;
these threats impede opportunities for public enjoyment, education, and safety within the monument, as well as opportunities for solitude within the wilderness areas of the monument designated by Congress in 1976;
the residential and commercial growth of the greater Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area is causing increasing threats to the monument’s resources; and
the Tucson Mountain unit should be enlarged by the addition of adjacent lands of National Park caliber and Saguaro National Monument should be afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a National Park.
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.
Saguaro National Park Establishment Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–364 § 2 · 108 Stat. 3467
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 410zz
(Pub. L. 103–364, § 2, Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3467.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–364, § 2, Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3467.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The Congress finds that— (1) the Saguaro National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1933; (2) the Tucson Mountain unit was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1961; (3) in recognition of the need to provide increased protection for the monument, the boundaries of Tucson Mountain unit were expanded in 1976, and the boundaries of Rincon unit were expanded in 1991; (4) the Tucson Mountain unit continues to face threats to the integrity of its natural resources, scenic beauty, and habitat protection for which the unit was established; (5) these threats impede opportunities for public enjoyment, education, and safety within the monument, as well as opportunities for solitude within the wilderness areas of the monument designated by Congress in 1976; (6) the residential and commercial growth of the greater Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area is causing increasing threats to the monument’s resources; and (7) the Tucson Mountain unit should be enlarged by the addition of adjacent lands of National Park caliber and Saguaro National Monument should be afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a National Park.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 2020 Amendment
Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title II, § 201(a), , 134 Stat. 3088, provided that: “This section [amending section 410zz–2 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion Act’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–364, § 1, , 108 Stat. 3467, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter and amending provisions listed in a table of National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation set out under section 431 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Saguaro National Park Establishment Act of 1994’.”