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Policy Related Laws

Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (43 USC 2101 through 2106)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act (30 USC 301 through 306)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 USC 551 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) (16 USC 3101 through 3233)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) (42 USC 1996 through 1996a)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (42 USC 12101 through 12213)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Animal Welfare Act (7 USC 2131 through 2159)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Annotated summary of important NPS laws

Anti-Deficiency Act (31 USC 1341)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Antiquities Act of 1906 (54 USC 320301 through 320303)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) (16 USC 470aa through 470mm)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 USC 4151 through 4156)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Clean Air Act (CAA) (42 USC 7401 through 7671q)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451 through 1466)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Commemorative Works Act (40 USC 8901 through 8909)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Comp. Enviro Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (CERCLA) (42 USC 9601This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (specifically 54 USC 101702(d))This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Credit CARD Act of 2009 (54 USC 104906 (section 512 of Pub. L. 111-24))This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 USC 1531 through 1544)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 USC 13201 through 13574)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (42 USC 2000e-16(a))This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988 (FCRPA) (16 USC 4301 through 4310)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 USC 136 through 136y)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) (16 USC 6801 through 6814)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (31 USC 3512(d))This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (23 USC 138)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Fed'l Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) (33 USC 1251 through 1387)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

General Mining Act of 1872 (30 USC 22 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 USC 1001 through 1028)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) (31 USC 1115 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 USC 5101 through 5127)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Historic Sites Act (1935) (54 USC 320101 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (54 USC 200301 - 200310)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Mineral Leasing Act (30 USC 181 through 287)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Mining in the Parks Act (54 USC 100731 - 100737)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Museum Act (54 USC 102501 through 102504)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (38 USC 2400 through 2410)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 USC 4321 through 4370d)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 USC 300101 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Park Service Centennial Act (Pub. L. 114-289)

National Park Service Concessions Mgmt. Improvement Act of 1998 (54 USC 101911 througThis link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Park Service Organic Act (54 USC 100101(a) et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Park System Donor Acknowledgment (54 USC 101101 Note)

National Park System General Authorities Act (54 USC 100101(b) et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Park System Resource Protection Act (54 USC 100721 - 100725)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (title VIII of PL 106-181)

National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (54 USC 100701 et seq.)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

National Trails System Act (16 USC 1241 through 1251)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 USC 3001 through 3013)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Negotiated Rulemaking Act (5 USC 561 through 570a)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 USC 4901 through 4918)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 USC 651 through 678)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 USC 2701 through 2762)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (specifically, 54 USC 101702)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11; 123 Stat. 991; H.R. 146)

Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 (54 USC 200101 through 200104)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (16 USC 470aaa through 470aaa-11) This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 701 through 796l)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Reorganization Act of 1933 (which resulted in expansion of the national park system)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 USC 401)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Safe Drinking Water Act (42 USC 300f through 300j26)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Solid Waste Disposal Act (includes RCRA) (42 USC 6901 through 6992k)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

State and Local Laws--Applicability to the NPS

Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 USC 3701 through 3722)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 USC 1201 through 1328)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 USC 332 note; section 704(c) of PL 104-104)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 USC 5121 throThis link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Title 16 of the US Code (where NPS-specific laws are codified)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC 2601 through 2697)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (54 USC 102301)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 USC 1271 through 1287)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

Wilderness Act (16 USC 1131 through 1136)This link will redirect you to a non-government website that may have different privacy policies from those of the National Park Service.

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