{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-440","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 440","heading":"Closure in times of national emergency","body":"The Secretary of the Interior may, in case of a national emergency, close the said Fort McHenry and it may be used for any and all military purposes during the period of the emergency and for such period of time thereafter, as the public needs may require.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 1—NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"da0b7b6a93d6ae0382f805e6f3628a5d2aae489f2208a08218ca846f9fb0d549","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-439","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-440a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}