Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§404f Acquisition of additional lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVII— - MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Land bought with funds from an executive order or other sources for conservation or tree planting inside the park's authorized boundaries becomes part of Mammoth Cave National Park, and a restriction in the related law cannot stop those purchases.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §404f

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All lands purchased from funds heretofore allocated and made available by Executive order, or otherwise, for the acquisition of lands for conservation or forestation purposes within the maximum boundaries of the Mammoth Cave National Park as authorized by section 404 of this title, are made a part of the said park as fully as if originally acquired for that purpose and the proviso at the end of section 404 of this title shall not be construed so as to prohibit the acquisition of lands in said area under funds made available as aforesaid.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 404f

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73