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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§407m–1 Acquisition of Additional Lands and Buildings

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LI — INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 407m–1

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may accept donations or buy the buildings at 318, 320, and 322 New Street next to St. George’s Methodist Church to add to Independence National Historical Park. Before doing so, the Secretary must make a deal with the church owner(s) to protect and maintain the church at no cost to the United States, keep it separate from but in harmony with the park, and allow the church to continue normal services and activities without limits.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §407m–1

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation or with donated funds, or to acquire by purchase, the land and buildings immediately adjacent to, but not including, the St. George’s Methodist Church property, which land and buildings are identified generally as 318, 320, and 322 New Street, for inclusion in the Independence National Historical Park: Provided, That the Secretary shall first enter into an agreement with the proprietor or proprietors of the St. George’s Methodist Church property, such agreement to contain the usual and customary provisions for the protection and physical maintenance of said church property, without expense to the United States, in keeping with, but not as a part of, the nearby Independence National Historical Park and providing for its continued use, without limitation or control, for customary church purposes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Appropriations Pub. L. 86–54, § 2, June 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 88, provided that: “There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $25,000, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this Act [this section].”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 407m–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102