Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§159a Acceptance of donations

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

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can take donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, other property, and money for buying or caring for them, as long as they are inside the park’s fixed boundaries. The Secretary must be satisfied with the legal title to donated land and may use donated funds to buy needed tracts at prices the Secretary finds reasonable or, if not, acquire them by condemnation (legal taking) under section 3113 of title 40.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §159a

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said historical park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States, out of any donated funds, by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said historical park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.

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Editorial Notes

Codification “Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 159a

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73