---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 450y–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "450y–2"
heading: "Grazing within memorial area"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/450y-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXI — National and International Monuments and Memorials"
---

# §450y–2. Grazing within memorial area


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by him, which regulations shall be substantially similar to those now in effect, shall permit—

Grazing of livestock within the [memorial](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=2) [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) to the extent now permitted within the said [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) when such grazing will not interfere with recreational development authorized by sections [450y](/usc/16/450y.md) to [450y–4](/usc/16/450y–4.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 365, § 3, 55 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 94–429, § 3(f), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1342.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–429 struck out designation “(a)” before “grazing of livestock” and struck out subsec. (b) which related to the surface use of the land within the memorial area for prospecting and mining.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Mining Rights Existing Prior to 1976 Amendment

Section 3 of Pub. L. 94–429 provided in part that this section was amended as indicated in order to close area to entry and location under the Mining Law of 1872, subject to valid existing rights.