§ 401. Establishment; boundaries; administration
There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the “Bryce Canyon National Park,” the tract of land in the State of Utah particularly described by and included within metes and bounds, as follows, to wit:
Unsurveyed sections
31 and
32, township 36 south, range 3 west; surveyed section
36, township 36 south, range 4 west; north half, southwest quarter and west half of the southeast quarter of partially surveyed section
5; unsurveyed sections
6 and
7, west half, west half of the northeast quarter, and west half of the southeast quarter of partially surveyed section
8, partially surveyed section
17, and unsurveyed section
18, township 37 south, range 3 west; and unsurveyed sections
1,
12, and
13, township 37 south, range 4, all west of the Salt Lake meridian in the State of Utah. All the land within the exterior boundaries of the aforesaid tract shall first become the property of the United States. The administration, protection, and promotion of said Bryce Canyon National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections
1,
2,
3, and
4 of this title.