Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§284 Establishment; Statement of Purposes; Description; Acquisition of Property; Acreage Limitation
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXXV — WOLF TRAP NATIONAL PARK FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS › § 284
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may set up Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Fairfax County, Virginia to host performances, education programs, and related recreation. It will include donated parts of Wolf Trap Farm and Symphony Hill and any added land, up to 145 acres.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §284
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For the purpose of establishing in the National Capital area a park for the performing arts and related educational programs, and for recreation use in connection therewith, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Fairfax County, Virginia. The park shall encompass the portions of the property formerly known as Wolf Trap Farm and Symphony Hill in Fairfax County, Virginia, to be donated for park purposes to the United States, and such additional lands or interests therein as the Secretary may acquire for purposes of the park by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, the aggregate of which shall not exceed one hundred and forty-five acres.
Legislative History
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Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–219 substituted “Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts” for “Wolf Trap Farm Park”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
section 12 of Pub. L. 89–671, as added by Pub. L. 97–310, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1458, and amended by Pub. L. 107–219, § 1(a)(1), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1330, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be referred to as the ‘Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Act’.” Study of Park Future; Report to Congress Pub. L. 89–671, § 13, as added by Pub. L. 101–636, § 3, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4587, directed Secretary, acting jointly with the Foundation, to conduct a study and analysis of the operations and management practices being used to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and to submit, not later than 2 years after Nov. 28, 1990, a report of such study and analysis to Congress.
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16 U.S.C. § 284
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102