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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§426o Agreement with Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Respecting Battlefield

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 426o

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to make an agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee that does three things. If the city agrees to buy enough land, build a trail linking the battlefield to Fortress Rosecrans, and run and maintain it to standards the Secretary approves, the Secretary must give the city any available funds for land and trail construction and must provide technical planning help to the city and to Rutherford County. The Secretary must accept the city’s donation of the remains of Fortress Rosecrans at Old Fort Park and then preserve and interpret the fortress as part of the battlefield. The Secretary may also make a cooperative, unpaid agreement with the city for rescue, firefighting, and law-enforcement services and for help from nearby agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §426o

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The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, containing each of the following provisions—
(1)If the city agrees to acquire sufficient interest in land to construct a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, to construct such trail, and to operate and maintain the trail in accordance with standards approved by the Secretary, the Secretary shall (A) transfer to the city the funds available to the Secretary for the acquisition of such lands and for the construction of the trail, and (B) provide technical assistance to the city and to Rutherford County for the purpose of development and planning of the trail.
(2)The Secretary shall agree to accept the transfer by donation from the city of the remnants of Fortress Rosecrans at Old Fort Park, and following such transfer, to preserve and interpret the fortress as part of the battlefield.
(3)In administering the Fortress Rosecrans, the Secretary is authorized to enter a cooperative agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the rendering, on a nonreimbursable basis, of rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services and cooperative assistance by nearby law enforcement and fire preventive agencies.

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1991—Pub. L. 102–225 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, under which (1) the Secretary shall acquire sufficient interest in land and shall construct thereon a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, (2) the city shall operate and maintain the trail in accordance with standards approved by the Secretary, and (3) the Secretary shall preserve the existing remnants of Fortress Rosecrans and the city shall operate and maintain the fortress.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 426o

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102