Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§283e Authorization of appropriations; expenditure for improvements limitation
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXXIV— - GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 283e
Summary
Funds may buy land for Guadalupe Mountains National Park and up to $24,715,000 may be used for park development. Development money cannot pay for improvements that conflict with wilderness care in the corridor to Guadalupe Peak’s summit. Extra funds may build a fence to protect the area added to the park.
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Title 16, §283e
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(a)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $24,715,000 as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. No funds appropriated for development purposes pursuant to this subchapter may be expended for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.
(b)In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the construction of a fence to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area added to Guadalupe Mountains National Park by section 283a(b) of this title.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–541 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “sums” for “sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all,”, and added subsec. (b). 1978—Pub. L. 95–625 increased development appropriations authorization to $24,715,000 from $10,362,000 and prohibited expenditure of funds for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 283e
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73