[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1009-E1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CODIFICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AS TITLE 54, 
                UNITED STATES CODE, NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 1, 2011

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Ranking Member John Conyers and I 
have introduced a bill to enact title 54, United States Code, 
``National Park System''. The bill restates provisions relating to the 
National Park System as part of a new positive law title of the United 
States Code. The new positive law provisions replace the existing 
provisions, which are repealed by the bill.
  The bill was prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of 
the House of Representatives as part of its ongoing responsibility 
under 2 U.S.C. Sec. 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.
  All changes in existing law made by the bill are purely technical in 
nature. The bill was prepared in accordance with the statutory standard 
for codification legislation. The restatement of existing law conforms 
to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of Congress in the 
original enactments. Amendments and corrections, as necessary, will 
remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections.
  The 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.

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  The bill, along with a detailed section-by-section explanation of the 
bill, can be found on the Law Revision Counsel internet site at http://
uscode.house.gov/cod/t54. Interested parties are invited to submit 
comments, no later than August 31, 2011, to Ken Paretzky, Senior 
Counsel, or Tim Trushel, Senior Counsel, Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, H2-308 Ford House Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20510, (202) 226-9061. Mr. Paretzky's 
telephone number is (202) 226-9061 and his email address is 
Ken.P[email protected]. Mr. Thrushel's telephone number is (202) 
226-9058 and his email address is Tim.T[email protected].

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