---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 423b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "423b"
heading: "Commission; organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/423b"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LX — National Military Parks"
---

# §423b. Commission; organization


The affairs of the Petersburg National Battlefield shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, be in charge of three commissioners, consisting of Army officers, civilians, or both, to be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, one of whom shall be designated as chairman and another as [secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c).


## Source credit

(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 3, 44 Stat. 822; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 403.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Petersburg National Battlefield” substituted in text for “Petersburg National Military Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 87–603. See section 423h–1 of this title.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 423 of this title.