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§428 Fort Donelson National Battlefield; establishment; appointment of commission

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 428

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a three-member commission picked by the Interior Secretary: an Army engineer officer and two Civil War veterans who served honorably—one US, one Confederate.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §428

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A commission is created, to be composed of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior: (1)
(2)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the United States; and
(3)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Fort Donelson National Military Park” redesignated “Fort Donelson National Battlefield” by Pub. L. 86–738, § 4. See section 428n of this title.

Short Title

of 2004 Amendment Pub. L. 108–367, § 1, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1743, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 428p to 428p–2 of this title and amending section 428k of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2004’.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Administrative functions of Fort Donelson National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as notes under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Administrative functions of Fort Donelson National Battlefield assigned to Department of the Interior by section 5 of Pub. L. 86–738, set out as section 428o of this title. National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1, 48 Stat. 389.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 428

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73