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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§430uu–2 Acquisition of Land; Exclusion From Beaverhead National Forest; Administration

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430uu–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can acquire land or land rights inside the area described in section 430uu–1 by donation, purchase, trade, or other means. Any land in that area that was part of the Beaverhead National Forest on May 17, 1963, is removed from the forest and added to the Big Hole National Battlefield, and those lands must be managed under the law that created the National Park Service (Act approved August 25, 1916), as later changed.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430uu–2

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(a)The Secretary of the Interior may acquire by donation, purchase, exchange, or otherwise, lands and interests in lands within the area described in section 430uu–1 of this title.
(b)Any lands described in section 430uu–1 of this title that are a part of the Beaverhead National Forest on May 17, 1963, are hereby excluded from the forest and added to the Big Hole National Battlefield.
(c)Lands included in the Big Hole National Battlefield pursuant to sections 430uu to 430uu–4 of this title shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–3),11 See References in Text note below. as amended and supplemented.

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References in Text

The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–3), referred to in subsec. (c), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 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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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430uu–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60