Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§430a Acquisition of Land

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must locate the Kings Mountain battlefield and, under title 40 §§3111–3113, get that land and any nearby property he needs by purchase, gift, or condemnation for §§430–430b.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430a

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The Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain on what land the Battle of Kings Mountain was fought and, subject to the provisions of section 3111 and 3112 of title 40, shall proceed to acquire title to such land together with such adjacent and contiguous lands as he may deem useful and proper in effectually carrying out the purposes of section 430, 430a, and 430b of this title, either by purchase or gift or by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification “section 3111 and 3112 of title 40” substituted in text for “section 355 of the Revised Statutes” and “section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize condemnation of lands for sites for public buildings, and for other purposes,’ approved August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Administrative functions of Kings National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. 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. § 430a

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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