Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§410ffff–3 Acquisition of Real and Personal Property and Services

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–DDD — WEIR FARM NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410ffff–3

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can get land, buildings, and related items for the historical park by donation, trade, or by buying them with donated or government money. Land or buildings owned by the State of Connecticut can be obtained only if they are donated. The Secretary can also acquire personal objects needed to explain and show the park using the same methods. Artwork tied to the Weir family, J. Alden Weir, or other artists who lived at or visited the site can only be accepted as donations or bought with donated money. The Secretary can accept and use donated money, property, and services to carry out these actions.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410ffff–3

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(a)Real and personal property
The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, the lands and improvements within the boundaries of the historical park, except that any such lands and improvements owned by the State of Connecticut may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary may also acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the historical park: Provided, That the Secretary may acquire works of art associated with the Weir family, J. Alden Weir, and other artists who lived at or visited the site only by donation or purchase with donated funds.
(b)Other property, funds, and services
The Secretary is authorized to accept and use donated funds, property, and services to carry out this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–305 substituted “historical park” for “historic site” in two places.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410ffff–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110