---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 100302"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "100302"
heading: "Directors and other employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/100302"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1003 — Establishment, Directors, and Other Employees"
---

# §100302. Directors and other employees

- (a) **Director.—**
  - (1) **Appointment.—** The [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) shall be under the charge of a [director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
  - (2) **Qualifications.—** The [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) shall have substantial experience and demonstrated competence in land management and natural or cultural resource conservation.
  - (3) **Authority.—** Under the direction of the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3), the [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) shall have the supervision, management, and control of [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6). In the supervision, management, and control of [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6) contiguous to national forests the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) of Agriculture may cooperate with the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) to such extent as may be requested by the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3).
- (b) **Deputy Directors.—** The [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) shall select 2 Deputy [Directors](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1). One Deputy [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) shall have responsibility for [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) operations, and the other Deputy [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) shall have responsibility for other programs assigned to the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4).
- (c) **Other Employees.—** The [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) shall have such subordinate officers and employees as may be appropriated for by Congress.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3097.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 100302(a)(1) | 16 U.S.C. 1 (1st sentence words after 1st comma). | Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, § 1 (1st sentence words after 1st comma, 2d to 4th sentences), 39 Stat. 535; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(e)(1), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196. |
| 100302(a)(2) | 16 U.S.C. 1 (2d sentence). |  |
| 100302(a)(3) | 16 U.S.C. 2. | Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, § 2, 39 Stat. 535. |
| 100302(b) | 16 U.S.C. 1 (3d, 4th sentences). |  |
| 100302(c) | 16 U.S.C. 1 (5th sentence). | Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, § 1 (5th sentence), 39 Stat. 535. |

In subsection (a)(3), the words “of the Hot Springs Reservation in the State of Arkansas” [changed to “Hot Springs National Park” because of section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1921 (ch. 161, 41 Stat. 1407)] in section 2 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (known as the National Park Service Organic Act) (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535) are omitted as unnecessary.

Subsection (c) is substituted for the 5th sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (known as the National Park Service Organic Act) (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535), to eliminate unnecessary words and because the pay of employees is fixed pursuant to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.