Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73
§8126 Temporary occupancy of Potomac Park by Secretary of Agriculture
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter CHAPTER 81— - ADMINISTRATIVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - JURISDICTION › § 8126
Summary
Park Service Director may allow the Agriculture Secretary temporary testing of up to 75 acres of Potomac Park if unused that season; the Secretary must leave at season's end on the Director's request, remaining a public park.
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Title 40, §8126
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(a)The Director of the National Park Service may allow the Secretary of Agriculture to temporarily occupy as a testing ground not more than 75 acres of Potomac Park not needed in any one season for reclamation or park improvement. The Secretary shall vacate the area at the close of any season on the request of the Director.
(b)This section does not change the essential character of the land used, which shall continue to be a public park under the charge of the Director.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8126(a)40:89 (words before provisos, 2d proviso).Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 458, § 2 (2d par.), 30 Stat. 1378. 8126(b)40:89 (1st, last provisos). For
Transfer of Functions
from the Secretary of War to the Director of the National Park Service, see the revision note under section 8108 of this title. In subsection (a), the words “of such area or areas” and “in extent” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “as provided in section 86 of this title” are omitted as obsolete.
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40 U.S.C. § 8126
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73