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§283e Authorization of Appropriations; Expenditure for Improvements Limitation

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXXIV— GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 283e

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money may be used to buy land and develop Guadalupe Mountains National Park, including up to $24,715,000 for development. Development money must not pay for improvements that conflict with wilderness in the park corridor to Guadalupe Peak. Additional funds may build a fence for area added under section 283a(b).

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §283e

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(a)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $24,715,000 as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. No funds appropriated for development purposes pursuant to this subchapter may be expended for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.
(b)In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the construction of a fence to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area added to Guadalupe Mountains National Park by section 283a(b) of this title.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–541 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “sums” for “sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all,”, and added subsec. (b). 1978—Pub. L. 95–625 increased development appropriations authorization to $24,715,000 from $10,362,000 and prohibited expenditure of funds for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 283e

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60