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On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation that created the National Park Service. The National Park Service Organic Act, [1] or the Organic Act as referred to within the National Park Service, is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act that mandated the agency "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations".
Northwest Territory of the United States, 1787 This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white).. In United States law, an organic act is an act of the United States Congress that establishes an administrative agency or local government, [1] for example, the laws that established territory of the United States and specified how ...
The National Park Service General Authorities Act of 1970 [1] is an amendment to the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916. The amendment included the following: Congress declares that the National Park Service, which began with establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, has since grown to include superlative natural, historic, and recreation areas in every major region of the ...
P.L. 113-295 Enacted 12/19/14 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014; Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2014; Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014; P.L. 114-10 Enacted 04/16/15 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015; P.L. 114-14 Enacted 05/22/15 Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
Congressman William Jones authored the bill which replaced the Philippine Organic Act of 1902. A poster advertising the passage of the Jones Law. The Jones Law (39 Stat. 545, also known as the Jones Act, the Philippine Autonomy Act, and the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916) was an Organic Act passed by the United States Congress.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Federal Aid Road Act of 1916; ... National Park Service Organic Act; Naval Act of 1916; P.
From 1907 to 1916, under the Philippine Organic Act of 1902, the legislature's lower house was the elected Philippine Assembly and its upper house was the appointed Philippine Commission, headed by the American governor general (who also served as the executive of the Insular Government).