2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter VIII - Kings Canyon National Park
Sec. 80a-3 - Lands excluded from Sierra National Forest and Sequoia National Forest and added to Kings Canyon National Park

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 80a-3 (2017)
Section Name §80a–3. Lands excluded from Sierra National Forest and Sequoia National Forest and added to Kings Canyon National Park
Section Text

All lands in Tehipite Valley within the Sierra National Forest lying north of a line described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the existing west boundary of the Kings Canyon National Park on the hydrographic divide on the southwest side of the Gorge of Despair in section 13, township 12 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, being the crest of a ridge designated as Silver Spur;

thence following the crest of Silver Spur westerly to the intersection with the west line of section 14, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence northwesterly in a straight line across the middle fork of the Kings River to the point of intersection of the right bank of a stream or intermittent stream and the 4,400-foot contour north of Tombstone Ridge, in section 15, township 12 south, range 29 east, being a point on the existing west boundary of the park;


and all lands in the Cedar Grove area of the Sequoia National Forest lying east of the west section lines of sections 11 and 14, township 13 south, range 30 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, are hereby excluded from the said national forests and made a part of the Kings Canyon National Park, subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to such park.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–111, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 446.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, 54 Stat. 41, which comprises this subchapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VIII - KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 80a-3 - Lands excluded from Sierra National Forest and Sequoia National Forest and added to Kings Canyon National Park
Contains section 80a-3
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 54 Stat. 41
79 Stat. 446
Public Law References Public Law 89-111
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