---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 430f–6"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "430f–6"
heading: "Corinth Unit of the Shiloh National Military Park; findings and purposes"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/430f-6"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LX — National Military Parks"
---

# §430f–6. Corinth Unit of the Shiloh National Military Park; findings and purposes

- (a) **Findings—** Congress finds that—
  - (1) in 1996, Congress authorized the establishment and construction of a center—
    - (A) to facilitate the interpretation of the Siege and Battle of Corinth and other Civil War actions in the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in and around the city of Corinth, Mississippi; and
    - (B) to enhance public understanding of the significance of the Corinth campaign and the Civil War relative to the western theater of operations, in cooperation with—
      - (i) [State](/usc/16/6456.md?p=2) or local governmental entities;
      - (ii) private organizations; and
      - (iii) individuals;
  - (2) the Corinth Battlefield was ranked as a priority 1 battlefield having critical need for coordinated nationwide action by the year 2000 by the Civil War Sites Advisory [Commission](/usc/16/410cc–1.md?p=3) in its report on Civil War Battlefields of the United States;
  - (3) there is a national interest in protecting and preserving sites of historic significance associated with the Civil War; and
  - (4) the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) of Mississippi and Tennessee and their respective local [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of government—
    - (A) have the authority to prevent or minimize adverse [uses](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=10) of these historic [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8); and
    - (B) can play a significant role in the protection of the historic [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) related to the Civil War battles fought in the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in and around the city of Corinth.
- (b) **Purposes—** The purposes of sections 430f–6 to [430f–12](/usc/16/430f–12.md) of this title are—
  - (1) to establish the Corinth [Unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the Shiloh National Military [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3)—
    - (A) in the city of Corinth, Mississippi; and
    - (B) in the [State](/usc/16/6456.md?p=2) of Tennessee;
  - (2) to direct the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior to manage, protect, and interpret the [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) associated with the Civil War Siege and the Battle of Corinth that occurred in and around the city of Corinth, in cooperation with—
    - (A) the [State](/usc/16/6456.md?p=2) of Mississippi;
    - (B) the [State](/usc/16/6456.md?p=2) of Tennessee;
    - (C) the city of Corinth, Mississippi;
    - (D) other public entities; and
    - (E) the private sector; and
  - (3) to authorize a special resource study to identify other Civil War sites in and around the city of Corinth that—
    - (A) are consistent with the themes of the Siege and Battle of Corinth;
    - (B) meet the criteria for designation as a [unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the [National Park](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=5) [System](/usc/16/668ee.md?p=14); and
    - (C) are considered appropriate for inclusion in the [Unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–271, § 2, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 792.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 106–271, § 1, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 792, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 430f–7 to 430f–12 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Corinth Battlefield Preservation Act of 2000’.”