---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch1/schVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VI"
heading: "Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch1-schVI"
sections_count: 50
---

# Subchapter VI — Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

## Sections

- [§41. Sequoia National Park; establishment; boundaries; trespassers](/usc/16/41.md)
- [§42. Repealed.](/usc/16/42.md)
- [§43. Sequoia National Park; rules and regulations; leases; fish and game; trespassers](/usc/16/43.md)
- [§45. Transferred](/usc/16/45.md)
- [§45a. Sequoia National Park; revision of boundaries](/usc/16/45a.md)
- [§45a–1. Addition of lands authorized](/usc/16/45a-1.md)
- [§45a–2. Exchange of certain lands for lands conveyed to United States](/usc/16/45a-2.md)
- [§45a–3. Repealed.](/usc/16/45a-3.md)
- [§45b. Rules and regulations; leases; fish and game](/usc/16/45b.md)
- [§45c. Prior claims, locations, and entries; permits for use of natural resources](/usc/16/45c.md)
- [§45d. Exclusive privileges within park prohibited](/usc/16/45d.md)
- [§45e. Violations of park regulations; penalty](/usc/16/45e.md)
- [§45f. Mineral King Valley addition authorized](/usc/16/45f.md)
- [§45g. Addition to Sequoia National Park](/usc/16/45g.md)
- [§46. Yosemite National Park; lands segregated from and included in Sierra National Forest; rights-of-way over](/usc/16/46.md)
- [§47. Additional lands excluded from Yosemite National Park and added to Sierra National Forest](/usc/16/47.md)
- [§47–1. Administrative site for Yosemite National Park](/usc/16/47-1.md)
- [§47–2. Leases for employee housing, community facilities, administrative offices, maintenance facilities, and commercial services at or on administrative site](/usc/16/47-2.md)
- [§47–3. Use of proceeds; administration of leases](/usc/16/47-3.md)
- [§47–4. Agreements to effectuate leases](/usc/16/47-4.md)
- [§47–5. Regulations](/usc/16/47-5.md)
- [§47–6. Conflicts of interest prohibited](/usc/16/47-6.md)
- [§47a. Addition of certain lands to park authorized](/usc/16/47a.md)
- [§47b. Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47a](/usc/16/47b.md)
- [§47c. Acquisition of certain lands for preservation and consolidation of timber stands](/usc/16/47c.md)
- [§47d. Acquisition of certain lands for protection of park deer](/usc/16/47d.md)
- [§47e. Purchase of private lands for park authorized](/usc/16/47e.md)
- [§47f. Inapplicability of certain laws to lands acquired under section 47e](/usc/16/47f.md)
- [§48. Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove reserved and made part of Yosemite National Park](/usc/16/48.md)
- [§49. Rights of claimants and owners of lands included; laws and regulations applicable within park](/usc/16/49.md)
- [§50. Repealed.](/usc/16/50.md)
- [§51. Yosemite National Park; exchange of privately owned lands in park](/usc/16/51.md)
- [§52. Values of lands and timber to be exchanged; lands added to park](/usc/16/52.md)
- [§53. Cutting and removal of timber](/usc/16/53.md)
- [§54. Sale of matured, dead, or down timber](/usc/16/54.md)
- [§55. Leases of land in park; mortgages by lessees](/usc/16/55.md)
- [§56. Repealed.](/usc/16/56.md)
- [§57. Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks; exclusive jurisdiction of United States; jurisdiction remaining in and taxation by California](/usc/16/57.md)
- [§58. Laws applicable; fugitives from justice](/usc/16/58.md)
- [§59. Repealed.](/usc/16/59.md)
- [§60. Hunting or fishing prohibited](/usc/16/60.md)
- [§61. Rules and regulations in parks](/usc/16/61.md)
- [§62. Possession of dead bodies of birds or animals](/usc/16/62.md)
- [§63. Transportation of birds, animals, or fish; violations of statute or rules or regulations for management, care, and preservation of parks; damage or spoliation; punishment](/usc/16/63.md)
- [§64. Sale or disposal of timber; destruction of detrimental animal or plant life](/usc/16/64.md)
- [§65. Seizure and forfeiture of guns, traps, teams, horses, etc.](/usc/16/65.md)
- [§66...77. Repealed.](/usc/16/66...77.md)
- [§78. Detail of troops to Sequoia, Yosemite, and General Grant Parks](/usc/16/78.md)
- [§79. Omitted](/usc/16/79.md)
- [§79–1. Yosemite National Park; expansion of reservoir capacity](/usc/16/79-1.md)