Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§450bb–3 Acquisition of additional lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450bb–3
Summary
The Secretary of Interior may acquire Storer College, John Brown’s "Fort" site, and the old Federal armory—about thirty acres—to add to Harpers Ferry park for historic and administrative use.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §450bb–3
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To further the commemorative purposes of sections 450bb to 450bb–2 of this title, by providing historic properties and administrative facilities, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, in the manner hereafter stated, the Storer College site, the original site of John Brown’s “Fort” and the old Federal armory, comprising altogether approximately thirty acres, for addition to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Harpers Ferry National Historical Park” substituted in text for “Harpers Ferry National Monument” in view of redesignation of Harpers Ferry National Monument as Harpers Ferry National Historical Park by Pub. L. 88–33, classified to section 450bb–6 of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450bb–3
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73