Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§157a Additional lands; aggregate cost
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK › § 157a
Summary
Interior Secretary may buy land or land interests he considers suitable in sections 15, 22, 27, and 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas for Big Bend National Park. Federal cost cannot exceed $10,000, and getting the title makes the land part of the park.
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Title 16, §157a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, any land or interests in land situated within section 15, 22, 27, 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, which he shall consider to be suitable for addition to the Big Bend National Park: Provided, however, That the aggregate cost to the Federal Government of properties acquired hereafter and under the provisions hereof shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. Properties acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the park upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States.
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16 U.S.C. § 157a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73