Page 101 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 80a–2

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 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 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 , 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, , 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 General Grant grove 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 , 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 . 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