Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§159 Establishment; boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVIII— - SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 159

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the United States owns all the land, buildings, and other property in the Saratoga battlefield area, that land will be set aside as a public park called Saratoga National Historical Park for the benefit and inspiration of the people. The park must include the part of the battlefield New York State now owns and any nearby land the U.S. Secretary of the Interior names as needed or desirable within six months after this law is approved.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §159

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When title to all the lands, structures, and other property in the area at Saratoga, New York, whereon was fought the Battle of Saratoga during the War of the Revolution, shall have been vested in the United States, such area shall be, and it is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Saratoga National Historical Park: Provided, That such area shall include that part of the Saratoga Battlefield now belonging to the State of New York and any additional lands in the immediate vicinity thereof which the Secretary of the Interior may, within six months after the approval of sections 159 to 159b of this title, designate as necessary or desirable for the purposes of sections 159 to 159b of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 159

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73