Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may get parkland, buildings, and items by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or Congressional funds; State of Connecticut property only by donation. Weir and site artists' art (J. Alden Weir) may be acquired only by donation or purchase with donated funds, and the Secretary may accept donated funds, property, and services.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410ffff–3

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(a)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)The Secretary is authorized to accept and use donated funds, property, and services to carry out this subchapter.

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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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60