Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§450kk Fort Union National Monument; acquisition of site and other lands; reversions and reservations
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450kk
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept Old Fort Union, its remaining buildings, and needed nearby land or rights in Mora County, New Mexico by donation or with donated funds. Donated land may carry conditions the Secretary approves, like returning it to the donor if it stops being a national monument or keeping mineral rights that cannot disturb the surface without approval.
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Title 16, §450kk
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In order to preserve and protect, in the public interest, the historic Old Fort Union, situated in the county of Mora, State of New Mexico, and to provide adequate public access thereto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by donation, or he may procure with donated funds, the site and remaining structures of Old Fort Union, together with such additional land, interests in land, and improvements thereon as the Secretary in his discretion may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and section 450kk–1 of this title. Donated lands may be accepted subject to such reservations, terms, and conditions as may be satisfactory to the Secretary, including right of reversion to donor, or its successors and assigns, upon abandonment as a national monument, and reservation of mineral rights subject to condition that surface of donated lands may not be used or disturbed in connection therewith, without the consent of the Secretary.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450kk
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73