---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 308401"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "308401"
heading: "Definition of network 1"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/308401"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 1 — Administered by National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3084 — African American Civil Rights Network"
---

# §308401. Definition of network 1


In this chapter, the term “Network” means the African American Civil Rights Network established under [section 308402(a)](/usc/54/308402.md?p=a).


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–104, § 3(a), Jan. 8, 2018, 131 Stat. 2260.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Purposes

Pub. L. 115–104, § 2, Jan. 8, 2018, 131 Stat. 2260, provided that: “The purposes of this Act [enacting this chapter] are— to recognize— the importance of the African American civil rights movement; and the sacrifices made by the people who fought against discrimination and segregation; and to authorize the National Park Service to coordinate and facilitate Federal and non-Federal activities to commemorate, honor, and interpret— the history of the African American civil rights movement; the significance of the civil rights movement as a crucial element in the evolution of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.); and the relevance of the African American civil rights movement in fostering the spirit of social justice and national reconciliation.”