Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§430h–6 Addition of Lands to Vicksburg National Military Park

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430h–6

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may add two pieces of land to Vicksburg National Military Park. One is approximately 2.5 acres in Madison Parish, Louisiana (the Grant’s Canal property) that can be bought, exchanged, or donated. The other is approximately 2.82 acres next to the park entrance owned by Warren County, Mississippi and may be donated. Under an agreement with the county board, the Secretary can pay cash or provide services to move and build a replacement maintenance facility and can restore and landscape the acquired land. After the lands are acquired, the Secretary must publish notice in the Federal Register and change the park boundary to include them.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430h–6

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(a)The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in sections 430h–6 to 430h–9 of this title referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, approximately two and five-tenths acres of land in Madison Parish, Louisiana, known generally as the Grant’s Canal property.

(b)(1)The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation approximately two and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land adjacent to the entrance of Vicksburg National Military Park owned by Warren County, Mississippi.

(2)The Secretary may contribute, in cash or services, to the relocation and construction of a maintenance facility to replace the facility located on the land to be donated, all in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the Board of Supervisors.

(3)The Secretary is authorized to restore and landscape the property acquired pursuant to this subsection.

(c)Upon acquisition of the properties referred to in subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall, after the publication of notice in the Federal Register, revise the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park (hereinafter in sections 430h–6 to 430h–9 of this title referred to as the “park”) to reflect the inclusion of such properties within the park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430h–6

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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