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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§426o Agreement with Murfreesboro, Tennessee, respecting battlefield

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 426o

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can make a deal with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee to pay for and help build a trail that links the battlefield to Fortress Rosecrans. If the city gets the land, builds the trail, and runs it to the Secretary’s standards, the Secretary will give any federal funds available for buying land and building the trail and will give technical help to the city and Rutherford County for planning. The Secretary can also accept the city’s donation of the remaining parts of Fortress Rosecrans at Old Fort Park and keep and explain them as part of the battlefield. The Secretary may also agree with the city to provide rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement help without charging the city, with support from nearby agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §426o

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, containing each of the following provisions—
(1)If the city agrees to acquire sufficient interest in land to construct a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, to construct such trail, and to operate and maintain the trail in accordance with standards approved by the Secretary, the Secretary shall (A) transfer to the city the funds available to the Secretary for the acquisition of such lands and for the construction of the trail, and (B) provide technical assistance to the city and to Rutherford County for the purpose of development and planning of the trail.
(2)The Secretary shall agree to accept the transfer by donation from the city of the remnants of Fortress Rosecrans at Old Fort Park, and following such transfer, to preserve and interpret the fortress as part of the battlefield.
(3)In administering the Fortress Rosecrans, the Secretary is authorized to enter a cooperative agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the rendering, on a nonreimbursable basis, of rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services and cooperative assistance by nearby law enforcement and fire preventive agencies.

Legislative History

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1991—Pub. L. 102–225 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, under which (1) the Secretary shall acquire sufficient interest in land and shall construct thereon a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, (2) the city shall operate and maintain the trail in accordance with standards approved by the Secretary, and (3) the Secretary shall preserve the existing remnants of Fortress Rosecrans and the city shall operate and maintain the fortress.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 426o

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73