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§430g–6 Agreements with Respect to Monuments and Tablets Located Outside Park Boundary

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430g–6

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can make agreements with owners of property just outside the park if historic monuments or tablets for the Battle of Gettysburg were placed there on or before January 1, 1990. If Congress provides funding, the Secretary can pay to maintain, protect, and explain those monuments under those agreements. Also, inside the area shown as the "Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District" on the map in section 430g–4(a), or nearby, the Secretary may, with the owner’s consent, accept donations, buy, or trade for the land or interests that include those monuments and any land needed to give the public access.

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Title 16, §430g–6

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The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with the owners of property in proximity to but outside the boundary of the park on which historic monuments and tablets commemorating the Battle of Gettysburg have been erected on or before January 1, 1990. The Secretary may make funds available, subject to appropriations, for the maintenance, protection, and interpretation of such monuments and tablets pursuant to such agreements. In addition, within the area depicted as the “Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District” on the map referred to in section 430g–4(a) of this title, or in proximity thereto, the Secretary may, with the consent of the owner, acquire, by donation, purchase, or exchange, lands and interests comprising such monuments and tablets together with lands and interests necessary to provide adequate public access thereto.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430g–6

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102