Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§430u Donations of land; purchase and condemnation
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430u
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept donated land and property inside the national battlefield park. He may buy tracts needed to complete the park for the United States with available funds if the price is reasonable, or acquire them by condemnation under section 3113 of title 40; titles for purchases must satisfy the Secretary.
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Title 16, §430u
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said national battlefield park as determined and fixed hereunder, the title and evidence of title to lands purchased to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That under such funds available therefor he may acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said national battlefield park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
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Editorial Notes
Codification “Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 430u
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73