[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  LEGISLATION TO CODIFY A NEW TITLE 54 U.S. CODE--NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 22, 2010

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, Ranking Member Lamar Smith and I are 
introducing a bill to codify into positive law as title 54, United 
States Code, certain general and permanent laws related to the National 
Park System. This bill was prepared by the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel, as part of its ongoing responsibility under 2 U.S.C. 285b to 
prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary one title at a 
time, a complete compilation, restatement, and revision of the general 
and permanent laws of the United States.
  The bill gathers provisions relating to the establishment and 
administration of the National Park System, outdoor recreation programs 
that the Secretary of the Interior administers, and the responsibility 
of the Secretary to preserve historic sites, buildings, objects, and 
antiquities--all of which are currently found in various places 
throughout title 16 of the United States Code--and restates these 
provisions as a new positive law title of the Code. The new positive 
law title, along with conforming provisions, replaces the former 
provisions, which are repealed by the bill.
  This bill is not intended to make any substantive changes in the law. 
As is typical with the codification process, a number of non-
substantive revisions are made, including the reorganization of 
sections into a more coherent overall structure, but these changes are 
not intended to have any substantive effect.
  The bill, along with a detailed section-by-section explanation of the 
bill, can be found on the Law Revision Counsel website at http://
uscode.house.gov/cod/t54/. Interested parties are invited to submit 
comments to Tim Trushel, Senior Counsel, Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, H2-303 Ford House Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-6711, (202) 226-9058, as well as to 
the Committee.

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