Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§426k Acquisition of Additional Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 426k
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may acquire up to seven acres of land or land rights to add to the Stones River National Battlefield. He can obtain the land by any methods he thinks are in the public interest if he finds it needed to protect and explain the battlefield.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §426k
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In furtherance of the purposes of sections 426 to 426j of this title, authorizing establishment of the Stones River National Battlefield, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest, for inclusion in the Stones River National Battlefield, such additional lands and interests in lands, not to exceed seven acres, as in the discretion of the Secretary are necessary for the preservation and interpretation of the battlefield of Stones River, Tennessee.
Legislative History
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Change of Name
“Stones River National Battlefield” substituted in text for “Stones River National Park” in view of redesignation of Stones River National Military Park as Stones River National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–443. See section 426l of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 426k
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60