Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§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
Summary
The Interior Secretary may buy or accept donations of the properties next to St. George’s Methodist Church (318, 320, and 322 New Street) to add them to Independence National Historical Park. The Secretary must agree with the owners to care for and protect the church at no cost to the U.S., keep it compatible but separate from the park, and allow continued church use without park control.
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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60