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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§160a Establishment; Notice in Federal Register; Donation of Lands; Acquisition by Purchase of Other Lands

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XIX— VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK › § 160a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can create Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota by publishing a notice in the Federal Register once enough land or water is acquired for park use. The park cannot be established until land owned by the State of Minnesota and its local governments is donated to the Secretary. The Secretary may only buy other lands before that donation if they find a purchase is needed to stop irreparable changes, and they must notify the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources at least 30 days before buying.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §160a

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In furtherance of the purpose of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to establish the Voyageurs National Park (hereinafter referred to as the “park”) in the State of Minnesota, by publication of notice to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as the Secretary deems sufficient interests in lands or waters have been acquired for administration in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter: Provided, That the Secretary shall not establish the park until the lands owned by the State of Minnesota and any of its political subdivisions within the boundaries shall have been donated to the Secretary for the purposes of the park: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not acquire other lands by purchase for the park prior to such donation unless he finds that acquisition is necessary to prevent irreparable changes in their uses or character of such a nature as to make them unsuitable for park purposes and notifies the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives of such findings at least thirty days prior to such acquisition.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section formerly consisted of section 101 and 102 of Pub. L. 91–661. section 102 of Pub. L. 91–661 was substantially amended and expanded by Pub. L. 97–405, § 1(1), (2), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2028, and as thus amended is set out as section 160a–1 of this title.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of both the Senate and the House of Representatives”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 160a

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60