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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1. Service created; director; other employees
There is created in the Department of the Interior a service to
be called the National Park Service, which shall be under the
charge of a director who shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall
have substantial experience and demonstrated competence in land
management and natural or cultural resource conservation. The
Director shall select two Deputy Directors. The first Deputy
Director shall have responsibility for National Park Service
operations, and the second Deputy Director shall have
responsibility for other programs assigned to the National Park
Service. There shall also be in said service such subordinate
officers, clerks, and employees as may be appropriated for by
Congress. The service thus established shall promote and regulate
the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments,
and reservations hereinafter specified, except such as are under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, as provided by law,
by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of
the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to
conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the
wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in
such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the
enjoyment of future generations.
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