CHAPTER 1049 —MISCELLANEOUS
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—
§104901. Central warehouses at System units
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| 104901 | Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 187, |
§104902. Services or other accommodations for public
The Secretary may contract for services or other accommodations provided in System units for the public under contract with the Department of the Interior, as may be required in the administration of the Service, at rates approved by the Secretary for the furnishing of those services or accommodations to the Federal Government and without compliance with
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| 104902 | May 26, 1930, ch. 324, §3, |
§104903. Care, removal, and burial of indigents
The Secretary may provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expenses of System units, for the temporary care and removal from a System unit of indigents, and in case of death to provide for their burial in System units not under local jurisdiction for these purposes. This section does not authorize transportation of indigents or deceased for a distance of more than 50 miles from the System unit.
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| 104903 | May 26, 1930, ch. 324, §6, |
§104904. Hire of work animals, vehicles, and equipment with or without personal services
The Secretary may hire, with or without personal services, work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment at rates to be approved by the Secretary and without compliance with
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| 104904 | May 26, 1930, ch. 324, §10, |
The word "Secretary" is substituted for "National Park Service" to reflect the transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of the Department of the Interior to the Secretary by sections 1 and 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App.). The reference to
§104905. Preparation of mats for reproduction of photographs
The Secretary shall prepare mats that may be used for the reproduction in magazines and newspapers of photographs of scenery in a System unit that, in the opinion of the Secretary, would be of interest to the people of the United States and foreign nations. The mats may be furnished, without charge and under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, to the publishers of magazines, newspapers, and any other publications that may carry photographic reproductions.
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| 104905 | Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 690, §1, |
§104906. Protection of right of individuals to bear arms
(a)
(1) The 2d amendment to the Constitution provides that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".
(2) Section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, provides that "except as otherwise provided in this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon, trap or net".
(3) The regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws from exercising the 2d amendment rights of the individuals while at System units.
(4) The existence of different laws relating to the transportation and possession of firearms at different System units entrapped law-abiding gun owners while at System units.
(5) Although the Bush administration issued new regulations relating to the 2d amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in System units that went into effect on January 9, 2009—
(A) on March 19, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction with respect to the implementation and enforcement of the new regulations; and
(B) the new regulations—
(i) are under review by the Obama administration; and
(ii) may be altered.
(6) Congress needs to weigh in on the new regulations to ensure that unelected bureaucrats and judges cannot again override the 2d amendment rights of law-abiding citizens on 83,600,000 acres of System land.
(7) Federal laws should make it clear that the 2d amendment rights of an individual at a System unit should not be infringed.
(b)
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the System unit is located.
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| 104906 |
In subsection (a)(5)(B)(i), the words "the Obama administration" are substituted for "the administration" for clarity.
§104907. Limitation on extension or establishment of national parks in Wyoming
No extension or establishment of national parks in Wyoming may be undertaken except by express authorization of Congress.
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| 104907 | Sept. 14, 1950, ch. 950, §1 (proviso relating to national parks), |
The word "further" is omitted as obsolete.
§104908. Bows in parks
(a)
(1) a bow or crossbow, the arrows of which are secured or stowed in a quiver or other arrow transport case; and
(2) with respect to a crossbow, uncocked.
(b)
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the bows and crossbows;
(2) the bows or crossbows that are not ready for immediate use remain inside the vehicle of the individual throughout the period during which the bows or crossbows are transported across System land; and
(3) the possession of the bows and crossbows is in compliance with the law of the State in which the System unit is located.
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§104909. Wildlife management in parks
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(b)
(1) any training requirements or qualifications established by the Secretary; and
(2) any other terms and conditions that the Secretary may require.
(c)
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