Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§429b–4 Funds From Land and Water Conservation Fund

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 429b–4

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

No more than $8,700,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund may be used to buy park property and interests, in addition to amounts already spent. Except for land described in section 429b–1(b), the Secretary must finish those purchases within two full fiscal years after October 13, 1980.

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Title 16, §429b–4

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(a)Maximum amount usable for acquisition of property
In addition to sums heretofore expended for the acquisition of property and interests therein for the park, from funds available for expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, as established under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, not more than a total of $8,700,000 may be expended for the acquisition of property and interests therein under sections 429b to 429b–5 of this title.
(b)Completion of acquisition in two years
It is the express intent of Congress that, except for property referred to in section 429b–1(b) of this title, the Secretary shall acquire property and interests therein under sections 429b to 429b–5 of this title within two complete fiscal years after October 13, 1980.

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The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–578, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897, which was classified principally to part B (§ 460l–4 et seq.) of subchapter LXIX of this chapter. section 2, 3, 4(i)(1)(C), (j) to (n), 5 to 10, and 201 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 100506(c) and 100904 and chapter 2003 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

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16 U.S.C. § 429b–4

Title 16, Conservation

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Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110