Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§159 Establishment; Boundaries
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XVIII — SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 159
Summary
When the United States owns all the land and property at the Saratoga battlefield, that area will be set aside as Saratoga National Historical Park. It will include the part owned by New York State and any nearby land the Secretary of the Interior may add within six months after approval of sections 159–159b.
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Title 16, §159
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When title to all the lands, structures, and other property in the area at Saratoga, New York, whereon was fought the Battle of Saratoga during the War of the Revolution, shall have been vested in the United States, such area shall be, and it is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Saratoga National Historical Park: Provided, That such area shall include that part of the Saratoga Battlefield now belonging to the State of New York and any additional lands in the immediate vicinity thereof which the Secretary of the Interior may, within six months after the approval of sections 159 to 159b of this title, designate as necessary or desirable for the purposes of sections 159 to 159b of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 159
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102