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CONSERVATION

16 USC SECTION 2

	TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
	CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
	     SEASHORES
	SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

	  The director shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the
	Interior, have the supervision, management, and control of the
	several national parks and national monuments which on August 25,
	1916, were under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
	Interior, and of the Hot Springs National Park in the State of
	Arkansas, and of such other national parks and reservations of like
	character as may be created by Congress. In the supervision,
	management, and control of national monuments contiguous to
	national forests the Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with
	said National Park Service to such extent as may be requested by
	the Secretary of the Interior.