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§450dd De Soto National Memorial; establishment
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450dd
Summary
The Interior Secretary can get up to thirty acres near Tampa Bay and Bradenton, Florida to build a Hernando De Soto memorial. He can get the land by donation, by purchase with donated money, or by legal taking with donated money, and build the memorial plus roads and public facilities.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §450dd
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For the purpose of establishing an appropriate memorial to Hernando De Soto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire on behalf of the United States, by donation, by purchase with donated funds when purchaseable 11 So in original. Probably should be “purchasable”. at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation with donated funds, such lands and interests in land within an area of not to exceed thirty acres as he may select in the vicinity of Tampa Bay and Bradenton, Florida, and to construct thereon a suitable memorial structure, together with such connecting roads and public facilities as may be desirable.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
1960—Pub. L. 86–728 increased limitation on acquisition of land from twenty-five to thirty acres.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Authorization of Appropriations section 3 of act Mar. 11, 1948, as amended Aug. 21, 1950, ch. 768, 64 Stat. 469; Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86–728, § 1B, 74 Stat. 856; Nov. 10, 1978, Pub. L. 95–625, title I, § 101(8), 92 Stat. 3471; Oct. 12, 1979, Pub. L. 96–87, title IV, § 401(a), 93 Stat. 665, provided that: “There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $292,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act [section 450dd and 450dd–1 of this title].”
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450dd
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73