16 U.S.C. § 291b — Administration, protection, development,

Page 180 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 291b 1 See References in Text note below. Park. Under such agreements the Secretary may assist in the preservation, renewal, and interpre- tation of the property. (Pub. L. 89–517, § 2, July 23, 1966, 80 Stat. 325.) § 291b. Administration, protection, development, and maintenance The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, protect, develop, and maintain the George Rog- ers Clark National Historical Park in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.),1 as amended and supplemented. (Pub. L. 89–517, § 3, July 23, 1966, 80 Stat. 325.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Proce- dure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. SUBCHAPTER XXXVII—ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Lafayette National Park’’ changed to ‘‘Acadia Na- tional Park’’, see former section 342b of this title. § 341. Establishment; description of area The tracts of land, easements, and other real estate known before February 26, 1919, as the Sieur de Monts National Monument, situated on Mount Desert Island, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, are declared to be a national park and dedicated as a public park for the ben- efit and enjoyment of the people under the name of the Acadia National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or here- after appropriated for Sieur de Monts National Monument. (Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 45, § 1, 40 Stat. 1178; Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, § 2, 45 Stat. 1083.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION The words ‘‘known before February 26, 1919,’’ were substituted in text for ‘‘heretofore known’’. Recitation in this section as originally enacted of the fact that Sieur de Monts National Monument was es- tablished under act June 8, 1906, by Presidential procla- mation of July 8, 1916, was omitted as historically obso- lete. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Lafayette National Park’’ changed to ‘‘Acadia Na- tional Park’’ by act Jan. 19, 1929. PERMANENT BOUNDARY FOR ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2108(c)(1), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 730, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary [of the Inte- rior] shall reestablish and appoint members to the Aca- dia National Park Advisory Commission in accordance with section 103 of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note).’’ Pub. L. 99–420, title I, Sept. 25, 1986, 100 Stat. 955, as amended by Pub. L. 110–229, title III, § 314(a), (b)(1), (c), (d), May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2108(a), (b), (c)(2), (f), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 728–730; Pub. L. 117–328, div. DD, title VI, § 618, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5606, provided that: ‘‘SEC. 101. BOUNDARIES OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. ‘‘(a) BOUNDARIES.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c)(2), to protect and conserve the land and water re- sources of Acadia National Park in the State of Maine (hereinafter in this title referred to as ‘the Park’), and to facilitate the administration of the Park, the bound- ary depicted on the map entitled ‘Acadia National Park Boundary Map’, numbered 123–80011, and dated May 1986 (hereinafter in this title referred to as ‘the map’) is hereby established as the permanent boundary for the Park. ‘‘(b) SCHOODIC PENINSULA ADDITION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Park is con- firmed to include approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in land, as depicted on the map entitled ‘Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary Revision’, numbered 123/129102, and dated July 10, 2015. ‘‘(2) RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACQUISITIONS OF LAND.—Congress ratifies and approves— ‘‘(A) effective as of September 26, 2013, the acqui- sition by the United States of the land and inter- ests in the land described in paragraph (1); and ‘‘(B) effective as of the date on which the alter- ation occurred, any alteration of the land or inter- ests in the land described in paragraph (1) that is held or claimed by the United States (including conversion of the land to fee simple interest) that occurred after the date described in subparagraph (A). ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY AND REVISIONS OF MAPS.— ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—The map, together with the map described in subsection (b)(1) and any revised boundary map published under paragraph (2), if appli- cable, shall be— ‘‘(A) on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Depart- ment of the Interior; and ‘‘(B) made available to the Registry of Deeds for Hancock and Knox Counties, Maine. ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL AND LIMITED REVISIONS.—Subject to section 102(k), notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this title as the ‘Secretary’), by publication in the Federal Register of a revised boundary map or other description, may make— ‘‘(A) such technical boundary revisions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to the per- manent boundaries of the Park (including any prop- erty of the Park located within the Schoodic Penin- sula and Isle Au Haut districts) to resolve issues re- sulting from causes such as survey error or changed road alignments; and ‘‘(B) such limited boundary revisions as the Sec- retary determines to be appropriate to the perma- nent boundaries of the Park to take into account acquisitions or losses, by exchange, donation, or purchase from willing sellers using donated or ap- propriated funds, of land adjacent to or within the