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§241e Authority to Make Further Adjustments

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXVI— THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK › § 241e

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can change the park borders along U.S. Highways 10 and 85 when those roads are moved. He may add up to 500 acres and may remove up to 2,000 acres by these changes. The boundary changes take effect when they are published in the Federal Register. Any federal land removed under the related parts of this law must be given to the Secretary of Agriculture to manage or dispose of under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.).

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Title 16, §241e

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make further adjustments in the boundaries of the park along United States Highways Numbered 10 and 85 as he deems advisable and in the public interest if and when the alinement of these highways is changed: Provided, That not to exceed five hundred acres may be added to the park and not to exceed two thousand acres may be excluded from the park by such adjustments. Boundary adjustments made pursuant to this section shall be effective upon publication thereof in the Federal Register and all Federal land excluded from the park pursuant to sections 241c to 241f of this title shall be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for administration or disposition in accordance with title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act [7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.].

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The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, referred to in text, is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 522. Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1010 et seq.) of chapter 33 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables. Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, 61 Stat. 52, which comprises this subchapter.

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16 U.S.C. § 241e

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60