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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§81b Revision of boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 81b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Changes the Colonial National Historical Park boundaries by removing the old parkway route named in Presidential Proclamation No. 2055 (Aug. 22, 1933) and putting in a new parkway that runs south through or around Williamsburg, then south to the James River and along the river to Jamestown Island. The Secretary of the Interior will pick the exact route. All other park laws still apply. Outside Williamsburg the parkway must average no more than 500 feet wide. The government may not use eminent domain inside Williamsburg except to take a road strip up to 200 feet wide to connect to highways or parkways to Jamestown and Yorktown.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §81b

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the Colonial National Historical Park, the boundaries of said historical park as established by section 81a of this title and as defined by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 2055, dated August 22, 1933 (48 Stat. 1706), are revised by the elimination of the parkway area described in said proclamation as running north and west of the city of Williamsburg to Jamestown Island, and the substitution therefor of a parkway area running southerly through or around the city of Williamsburg, thence continuing south of said city to the James River and thence along said river and connecting waters to Jamestown Island, the exact location of which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That said parkway area shall not exceed an average of five hundred feet in width outside the city of Williamsburg: And provided further, That condemnation proceedings shall not be had, exercised, or resorted to as to any lands in the city of Williamsburg except such lands as may be required for a right-of-way not exceeding two hundred feet in width through said city to connect with highways or parkways leading from Williamsburg to Jamestown and Yorktown.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act June 5, 1936, changed “Colonial National Monument” to “Colonial National Historical Park”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 81b

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73