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§428 Fort Donelson National Battlefield; Establishment; Appointment of Commission

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 428

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a three-person commission. The Secretary of the Interior must appoint all members. One member must be a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The other two must be Civil War veterans who served honorably, one from the United States military and one from the Confederate military.

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Title 16, §428

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A commission is created, to be composed of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior: (1)
(2)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the United States; and
(3)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Fort Donelson National Military Park” redesignated “Fort Donelson National Battlefield” by Pub. L. 86–738, § 4. See section 428n of this title.

Short Title

of 2004 Amendment Pub. L. 108–367, § 1, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1743, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 428p to 428p–2 of this title and amending section 428k of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2004’.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Administrative functions of Fort Donelson National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as notes under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Administrative functions of Fort Donelson National Battlefield assigned to Department of the Interior by section 5 of Pub. L. 86–738, set out as section 428o of this title. National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1, 48 Stat. 389.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 428

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102