16 U.S.C. § 410jj–1 — Purposes

Congress states three main purposes for the park. (1) The first purpose is to preserve and explain the Kalaupapa settlement, so both today's people and future generations can learn from it and be inspired by it. (2) The second purpose covers the community itself. The park must stay well kept, and the leprosy patients living at Kalaupapa are guaranteed they can stay there as long as they want. The park must protect these patients' current way of life and their personal privacy. It must research, preserve, and maintain the community as it exists now. It must also research, preserve, and maintain the important historic buildings, traditional Hawaiian sites, cultural values, and natural features. At the same time, it must allow the general public to visit, but only in limited numbers. (3) The third purpose is about who does the work. As much as is practical, patients and Native Hawaiians should manage and carry out the preservation and interpretation of the settlement. They should also get training opportunities, so they can learn to manage and interpret the settlement's cultural, historical, educational, and scenic resources.