---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 100801"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "100801"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/100801"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1008 — Education and Interpretation"
---

# §100801. Definitions


As used in this chapter:

- (1) **Interpretation.—** The term “interpretation”—
  - (A) means providing opportunities for people to form intellectual and emotional connections to gain awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the resources of the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5); and
  - (B) may refer to the professional career field of [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) employees, volunteers, and partners who interpret the resources of the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5).
- (2) **Education.—** The term “education” means enhancing public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the resources of the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) through learner-centered, place-based materials, programs, and activities that achieve specific learning objectives as identified in a curriculum.
- (3) **Related areas.—** The term “related areas” means—
  - (A) national wild and scenic rivers and national trails;
  - (B) national heritage areas; and
  - (C) affiliated areas administered in connection with the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–289, title III, § 301(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1486.)