§ 79p TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 102 tional Park. See section 6905 of Title 31, Money and Fi- point on the present north boundary of Sequoia nance. National Park, also a point on the Tulare and Inyo County line; thence westerly along said § 79p. Community services and employment op- north boundary of said park to the crest of the portunities of Redwoods United, Inc. to be hydrographic divide between Boulder Creek and maintained at present rate of employment Sugarloaf Creek; thence in a northerly direction The Secretary is further authorized, and the along the crest of the hydrographic divide be- Congress specifically directs that it shall be a tween Boulder Creek and Sugarloaf Creek to the purpose of this Act, that the community serv- intersection of said divide with the section line ices and employment opportunities provided by between sections 3 and 4 of township 14 south, Redwoods United, Incorporated, a nonprofit cor- range 30 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; poration located in Manila, , shall be thence northerly along the section line between maintained at the present rate of employment said sections 3 and 4 and between sections 33 and to the greatest degree practicable. 34, and sections 27 and 28 of township 13 south, range 30 east, to the northwest corner of south- (Pub. L. 95–250, title I, § 107, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 west quarter of section 27; thence northwesterly Stat. 171.) along the ridge immediately adjacent to and REFERENCES IN TEXT lying northeast from the headwaters of the east fork of Lightning Creek to the intersection of This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–250, said ridge with the section line between sections Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163, as amended, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 79c–1, 79k to 79q 21 and 28, township 13 south, range 30 east, which of this title, amended sections 1a–1, 79b, and 79c of this point lies on the said section line three quarters title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under of a mile more or less westerly from the north- section 79k of this title. For complete classification of east corner of said section 28; thence in a north- this Act to the Code, see Tables. erly direction across the easterly branch of the east fork of Lightning Creek at Summit Meadow CODIFICATION to the ridge north of said creek branch; thence Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 90–545, Oct. northeasterly along said ridge to Lookout Peak; 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which comprises this subchapter. thence in a northeasterly direction along the REFERENCE TO SECRETARY AS REFERENCE TO SEC- ridge from said peak, being also the crest of the RETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; EXCEP- hydrographic divide between Sheep Creek and TION Lightning Creek to the intersection of said ridge, with the line between section 15 and 22, Reference to Secretary, unless otherwise indicated, as reference to Secretary of Department of the Interior, township 13 south, range 30 east, which point see section 109 of Pub. L. 95–250, set out as a note under lies one quarter of a mile more or less westerly section 79k of this title. of the northeast corner of said section 22; thence easterly along said section line to the corner of § 79q. Pledge of full faith and credit of United sections 14, 15, 22, and 23; thence north along the States for payment of compensation for line between sections 14 and 15 to the southwest lands, etc., taken corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14; thence east to the south- The Congress further acknowledges and east corner of the northeast quarter of the directs that the full faith and credit of the northwest quarter of the said section; thence United States is pledged to the prompt payment south to the southwest corner of the northeast of just compensation as provided for by the fifth quarter of the said section; thence east to the amendment to the Constitution of the United southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the States for those lands and properties taken by northeast quarter of the said section; thence this Act. south to the southwest corner of the northeast (Pub. L. 95–250, title I, § 108, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 quarter of the southeast quarter of the said sec- Stat. 172.) tion; thence east to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of REFERENCES IN TEXT the said section; thence south to the southwest This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–250, corner of section 13; thence east on the line be- Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163, as amended, which, insofar as tween sections 13 and 24 to the southeast corner classified to the Code, enacted sections 79c–1, 79k to 79q of section 13; thence south to southwest corner of this title, amended sections 1a–1, 79b, and 79c of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under of the northwest quarter of the northwest quar- section 79k of this title. For complete classification of ter of section 19, township 13 south, range 31 this Act to the Code, see Tables. east; thence east along the north latitudinal one-sixteenth section line of sections 19, 20, and CODIFICATION 21 to the southeast corner of the northeast quar- Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 90–545, Oct. ter of the northwest quarter of said section 21; 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which comprises this subchapter. thence north to the quarter section corner of sections 16 and 21; thence east along the line be- SUBCHAPTER VIII—KINGS CANYON tween sections 16 and 21 to the southeast corner NATIONAL PARK of said section 16; thence north along the section line to the quarter section corner of sections 15 § 80. Establishment; boundaries; preservation of and 16; thence west along the latitudinal quarter rights of citizens section line of sections 16, 17, and 18 to the The tract of land in the State of California, northwest corner of the southeast quarter of particularly described as follows, to wit: Begin- section 18; thence north to the northeast corner ning at the summit of Junction Peak, being a of the southeast quarter of the northwest quar- Page 103 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 80 ter of said section 18; thence west to the north- southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of west corner of the southwest quarter of the said section 31; thence west to the northwest northwest quarter of said section 18; thence corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast north along the range line between ranges 30 and quarter of section 36, township 11 south, range 29 31 east, township 13 south to the northeast cor- east; thence south to the quarter section corner ner of section 13, township 13 south, range 30 of sections 1 and 36; thence west along the town- east; thence west along the line between sec- ship line between townships 11 and 12 south, tions 12 and 13 to the southeast corner of the range 29 east to the northwest corner of section southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 1, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence south section 12; thence north to the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the northwest quar- of the southwest quarter of the southwest quar- ter of the northwest quarter of said section 1; ter of said section 12; thence west to the north- thence west to the northwest corner of the west corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of southeast quarter of section 11; thence north to section 2; thence south to the northwest corner the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of of the southwest quarter of the southwest quar- the northeast quarter of said section 11; thence ter of said section 2; thence west to the north- west along the line between sections 2 and 11 to west corner of the southeast quarter of the the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 3; thence south to the northwest quarter of said section 11; thence the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of south to the southwest corner of the northeast the southeast quarter of section 3; thence con- quarter of the northwest quarter of said section tinuing south to the intersection with the four 11; thence west to the northwest corner of the thousand four hundred contour; thence along southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the four thousand four hundred-foot contour in said section 11; thence north along the line be- a southwesterly direction to its intersection tween sections 10 and 11 and 2 and 3 to the inter- with Tombstone Ridge; thence in a northwest- section with the ridge of southeast spur of Stag erly direction along the crest of the Tombstone Dome; thence in a northwesterly direction along Ridge to the summit of the Obelisk; thence in a the crest of said spur to the summit of Stag straight line in a northeasterly direction cross- Dome; thence in a northerly direction along the ing Crown Creek to the summit of Kettle Dome; crest of the hydrographic divide between Lewis thence in a northeasterly direction along the Creek and Deer Cove and Grizzly Creek to its crest of Kettle Ridge to the summit of Finger intersection with Monarch Divide at Hog-Back Peak in the White Divide; thence northwesterly Peak; thence in a westerly direction along the along the crest of the said White Divide and the crest of Monarch Divide, to its junction with the Le Conte Divide, passing over the summits of northwesterly spur of Mount Harrington; thence Mount Reinstein and Red Mountain to the sum- northwesterly along the crest of hydrographic mit of Mount Henry; thence in a northerly di- divide on the southwest side of the Gorge of De- rection along the crest of the north spur of spair to the intersection with the line between Mount Henry to the junction of the South Fork sections 12 and 13, township 12 south, range 29 San Joaquin River and Piute Creek; thence east; thence continuing west along the line be- across the South Fork San Joaquin River and in tween sections 12 and 13, 11 and 14 to the south- a northeasterly direction along the hydro- west corner of the southeast quarter of the graphic divide between Piute Creek and the southeast quarter of said section 11; thence South Fork San Joaquin River to the summit of northerly to the southwest corner of the south- Pavillion Dome; thence in an easterly direction east quarter of the northeast quarter of said sec- along the crest of said hydrographic divide to its tion 11; thence east to the quarter section corner intersection with Glacier Divide; thence con- of sections 11 and 12; thence north to the south- tinuing southeasterly along the crest of said east corner of the northeast quarter of the Glacier Divide to a point of intersection with northeast quarter of said section 11; thence east the crest of the Range, also the to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter boundary line between Inyo County and Fresno of the northwest quarter of section 12; thence County; thence continuing southeasterly along north to the northeast corner of the northwest the crest of said Sierra Nevada Range, passing quarter of the northwest quarter of said section over the summits of Mount Lamarack, Mount 12; thence east to the quarter section corner of Darwin, Mount Haeckel, Mount Wallace, Mount sections 1 and 12; thence north to the northeast Powell, Mount Thompson, Mount Gilbert, Mount corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest Johnson, Mount Goode, Mount Winchell, North quarter of said section 1; thence east to the Palisade, The Thumb, Mount Bolton Brown, southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the Split Mountain, Cardinal Mountain, Striped southeast quarter of said section 1; thence north Mountain, Mount Perkins, Colosseum Mountain, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter Mount Baxter, Diamond Peak, Black Mountain, of the southeast quarter of said section 1; thence Dragon Peak, Mount Bixford, Mount Gould, Uni- east to the quarter section corner of sections 1 versity Peak, Mount Bradley, and and 6; thence north along the range line between to the summit of Junction Peak, being the point the ranges 29 and 30 east, township 12 south, to of beginning; is reserved and withdrawn from the northeast corner of said section 1, township settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the 12 south, range 29 east; thence east along the laws of the United States and dedicated and set township line between townships 11 and 12 south apart as a public park, to be known as the Kings range 30 east to the southeast corner of the Canyon National Park, for the benefit and en- southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of joyment of the people: Provided, That nothing in section 31, township 11 south, range 30 east; this subchapter shall be construed to affect or thence north to the northeast corner of the abridge any right acquired by any citizen of the § 80a TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 104

United States in the above-described area: And said park extension. The Kings Canyon National provided further, That no grazing permits here- Park shall receive and use all moneys prior to or tofore issued and in effect on January 15, 1939, after March 4, 1940, appropriated for General affecting the area described in this section, for Grant National Park. whose renewal an application is made before the (Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2, 54 Stat. 43.) date of expiration shall be affected by this sub- chapter, except that they shall be subject to NATION’S CHRISTMAS TREE such terms and conditions to insure protection Joint Res. Mar. 29, 1956, ch. 98, 70 Stat. 57, provided: of the lands and for other purposes as may be ‘‘That the General Grant tree, which is located in the prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County, Cali- (Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 1, 54 Stat. 41.) fornia, and which was dedicated by the Federal Govern- ment in 1926 as the Nation’s Christmas Tree, is hereby ADDITIONS TO KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK declared to be a national shrine in memory of the men The following provision authorized the addition of and women of the Armed Forces who have served and lands to Kings Canyon National Park: Pub. L. 98–425, fought and died to keep this Nation free and to preserve title I, § 105(a)(1), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1626. the spiritual, human, and civil rights which are the es- sence of our American heritage. The Secretary of the § 80a. General Grant National Park abolished; Interior, through the National Park Service, shall lands added to Kings Canyon National Park make appropriate provision for the perpetual care and maintenance of such shrine. The General Grant National Park is abolished, ‘‘SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to and the west half of section 33, township 13 change the name of the General Grant tree.’’ south, range 28 east, and west half of section 4, all of section 8 and the northwest quarter of sec- ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES AND RIGHTS tion 9, township 14 south, range 28 east, Mount Act June 5, 1942, ch. 333, §§ 1, 2, 56 Stat. 310, authorized Diablo meridian, California, together with the the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries lands formerly within the General Grant Na- of privately owned lands in the tional Park, California, and particularly de- section of Kings Canyon National Park in accordance scribed as follows, to wit: All of sections 31 and with a survey made by the county surveyor of Tulare 32, township 13 south, range 28 east, and sections County, California; to amend existing patents or relin- quish or grant parcels of land therein according to said 5 and 6, township 14 south, range 28 east, of the survey; and to pay from departmental appropriations same meridian, are, subject to valid existing expenses of surveys and investigations necessary to rights, added to and made a part of the Kings carry out provisions of this act. Canyon National Park and such lands shall be known as the General Grant grove section of the § 80a–1. Lands excluded from Kings Canyon Na- said park. The General Grant grove section of tional Park and added to Sequoia National the Kings Canyon National Park may, by procla- Forest mation of the President, be extended to include For the purpose of improving the boundary of the following described lands, to wit: Section 9, Kings Canyon National Park, California, and ex- south half, section 10, southwest quarter, and cluding therefrom certain land that is no longer that part of the east half south of Generals needed for park purposes, that particular area of Highway; section 11, that part south of Generals the park, comprising approximately 160 acres, Highway; section 13, that part south of Generals lying west of the section line between sections Highway; section 14, that part south of Generals 21 and 22, and lying west of the section line be- Highway, section 15, east half, northwest quar- tween sections 27 and 28, township 13 south, ter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest range 30 east, Mount Diablo meridian, is ex- quarter, section 21, southeast quarter of the cluded from the park. northeast quarter, and the east half of the Land excluded from the park by this section southeast quarter; section 22, east half, east half on and after August 14, 1958 shall be a part of the of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of Sequoia National Forest. the northwest quarter and southwest quarter; section 23; section 24, that part south of Gen- (Pub. L. 85–666, § 1, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 616.) erals Highway; sections 25 and 26; section 27, CODIFICATION east half, northwest quarter, and that part of the southwest quarter north and east of the Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 4, 1940, crest of Redwood Mountain; section 34, that part ch. 40, 54 Stat. 41, which comprises this subchapter. east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; sections § 80a–2. Lands excluded from Sequoia National 35 and 36, township 14 south, range 28 east; all of Forest and added to Kings Canyon National sections 1 and 2; section 3, that part east of the Park crest of Redwood Mountain; section 11, that part east and north of the crest of Redwood Moun- For the purpose of facilitating park road tain; all of section 12; section 13, that part north maintenance, and to include in the park certain of the boundary, town- property that is desirable for future use and de- ship 15 south, range 28 east, Mount Diablo me- velopment, the following land situated in sec- ridian, which shall be subject to all laws, rules, tion 7, township 14 south, range 28 east, Mount and regulations applicable to the said park. Diablo meridian, is excluded from the Sequoia Such extension of the General Grant grove sec- National Forest and added to the Kings Canyon tion of the said park shall not interfere with the National Park: movement of stock and vehicular traffic without East half northeast quarter, east half west charge, under general regulations to be pre- half northeast quarter, northeast quarter south- scribed by the Secretary of the Interior, to and east quarter, east half northwest quarter south- from national forest lands on either side of the east quarter, and those portions of the southeast