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§157d Additional Boundary Revision; Acquisition of Lands and Interests
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XVII— BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK › § 157d
Summary
Big Bend National Park’s boundary is expanded to add about 67,125 acres shown on map no. 155/80,044 (dated September 1987). The map must be on file and open to the public at the National Park Service. The Secretary may acquire the land and any improvements by donation, by purchase with donated or congressional funds, or by exchange.
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Title 16, §157d
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The boundaries of Big Bend National Park, established by the Act of June 20, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 156), are hereby revised to include the lands and interests therein, together with all improvements thereon, within the area comprising approximately sixty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres as generally depicted on the map entitled “Harte Ranch Addition, Big Bend National Park”, numbered 155/80,044 and dated September 1987. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein, together with all improvements thereon, within the addition described in such map by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
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June 20, 1935, referred to in text, is act
June 30, 1935, ch. 283, 49 Stat. 393, which is classified to section 156, 157, and 158 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 157d
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 5, 2026
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