Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§157a Additional Lands; Aggregate Cost

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XVII — BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK › § 157a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary of the Interior may buy land in sections 15, 22, 27, and 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, for Big Bend National Park. Total federal spending must not exceed $10,000; land becomes park property when the United States gets title.

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Title 16, §157a

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, any land or interests in land situated within section 15, 22, 27, 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, which he shall consider to be suitable for addition to the Big Bend National Park: Provided, however, That the aggregate cost to the Federal Government of properties acquired hereafter and under the provisions hereof shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. Properties acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the park upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 157a

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102