Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§423a–1 Addition of lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 423a–1
Summary
The Army must transfer to the Interior Department, without payment, two tracts totaling 206 acres near Siege Road by Petersburg; after that transfer and when the Secretary of the Interior publishes the description in the Federal Register, federal lands the Park Service manages totaling 1,531 acres will be the Petersburg National Battlefield.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §423a–1
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The Department of the Army is authorized and directed to transfer to the Department of the Interior, without reimbursement, two tracts of land, comprising two hundred six acres, more or less, situated on either side of Siege Road adjacent to Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia. Upon completion of such transfer, all lands, interest in lands, and other property in Federal ownership and under the administration of the National Park Service as a part of or in conjunction with Petersburg National Battlefield, in and about the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and comprising one thousand five hundred thirty-one acres, more or less, upon publication of the description thereof in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior, shall constitute the Petersburg National Battlefield.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Petersburg National Battlefield” substituted in text for “Petersburg National Military Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 87–603. See section 423h–1 of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 423a–1
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73