Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§410iiii–3 Property acquisition
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–GGG— - BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410iiii–3
Summary
Secretary may acquire the property listed in subsections (b) and (c) of section 410iiii–2 by donation, exchange, or purchase using donated or government funds. Property owned by Kansas or South Carolina only by donation. Personal property may be acquired only with the owner’s consent and not by condemning park land.
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Title 16, §410iiii–3
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The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the real property described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 410iiii–2 of this title. Any property owned by the State of Kansas or South Carolina or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary may also acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the historical park. The Secretary may not acquire such personal property without the consent of the owner or by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historical park.
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2022—Pub. L. 117–123 substituted “subsections (b) and (c) of section 410iiii–2” for “section 410iiii–2(b)”, “State of Kansas or South Carolina” for “States of Kansas”, and “historical park. The Secretary” for “historic site: Provided, however, That the Secretary” and inserted “or by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historical park” after “without the consent of the owner”.
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16 U.S.C. § 410iiii–3
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73