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§459a Acceptance of donations; acquisition of property by purchase and condemnation
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXIII— - NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept donations of land, buildings, other property, and money for a national seashore. Title must satisfy the Secretary. With donated funds, the Secretary may buy tracts at reasonable prices or, if not, acquire them by condemnation under section 3113 of title 40.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §459a
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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 seashore recreational area as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States under any donated funds 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 seashore recreational area as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 459a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73