---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410uu–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410uu–3"
heading: "Studies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410uu-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–S — Hopewell Culture National Historical Park"
---

# §410uu–3. Studies

- (a) **Areas added by this subchapter—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall conduct archeological studies of the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) added to the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by [section 410uu–1(a) of this title](/usc/16/410uu–1.md?p=a) and adjacent [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) to ensure that the boundaries of those [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) encompass the lands that are needed to provide adequate protection of the significant archeological resources of those [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).
- (b) **Other areas—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall conduct archeological studies of the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) described as the “Spruce Hill Works”, the “Harness Group”, and the “Cedar Bank Works”, and may conduct archeological studies of other [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) significant to Hopewellian culture, to evaluate the desirability of adding them to the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), and shall report to Congress on any such [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) that are recommended for [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–294, § 4, May 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 186.)