Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§430u Donations of Land; Purchase and Condemnation
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430u
Summary
Within the park boundaries set by this law, the Secretary can accept gifts of land, rights in land, buildings, and other property. He may buy needed tracts with available funds at prices he deems reasonable, or if not purchasable he may condemn under section 3113 of title 40.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §430u
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said national battlefield park as determined and fixed hereunder, the title and evidence of title to lands purchased to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That under such funds available therefor he may acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said national battlefield park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
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Editorial Notes
Codification “Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of 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.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 430u
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60