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Title 16—CONSERVATION > CHAPTER 1—NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES > SUBCHAPTER XXXI—CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK

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The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 ( 39 Stat. 535 ) as amended and supplemented ( 16 U.S.C. 1–4 ). 1 1

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( Pub. L. 92–207, § 5 , Dec. 18, 1971 , 85 Stat. 740 .)

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