Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§450jj–3 Designation of Additional Land by Secretary; Manner of Acquiring Additional Land

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450jj–3

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Adds about 100 acres in East St. Louis, Illinois, next to the Mississippi River between the Eads Bridge and the Poplar Street Bridge to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The area is shown on a boundary map (map no. 366–80013, dated January 1992) kept at National Park Service offices for public viewing. It recognizes the site’s role in westward expansion, the Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen, and the many visitors it attracts. The Secretary of the Interior may obtain land in that area by gift, by buying it with donated or federal money, or by trading other land. Land owned by the State of Illinois or its local governments can only be acquired if it is donated.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §450jj–3

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(a)There is hereby designated for addition to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (hereinafter in sections 450jj–3 to 450jj–9 of this title referred to as the “Memorial”) approximately one hundred acres in the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, contiguous with the Mississippi River and between the Eads Bridge and the Poplar Street Bridge, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ”, numbered 366–80013, dated January 1992, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The additional acreage authorized by this section is in recognition of the historical significance of the Memorial site to the westward expansion of the United States and the historical linkage of this site on the Mississippi in both Missouri and Illinois to such expansion, the international recognition of the Gateway Arch, designed by Eero Saarinen, as one of the world’s great sculptural and architectural achievements, and the increasing use of the Memorial site by millions of people from all over the United States and the world.
(b)Within the area designated in accordance with this section, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that lands owned by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4 of act May 17, 1954, was renumbered section 11 and is set out as a note under section 450jj of this title.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–355 substituted “There is hereby designated” for “The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to designate”, “approximately” for “not more than”, and “366–80013, dated January 1992,” for “MWR–366/80,004, and dated February 9, 1984,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial redesignated Gateway Arch National Park by Pub. L. 115–128, § 2, Feb. 22, 2018, 132 Stat. 328, which is classified to section 450jj–10 of this title. Compliance With Congressional Budget Act Pub. L. 98–398, title II, § 202, Aug. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 1472, provided that any provision of title II of Pub. L. 98–398 (enacting sections 450jj–3 to 450jj–9 of this title and enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under section 450jj of this title) authorizing the enactment of new budget authority described in former section 652(a) of Title 2, The Congress, would be effective only for fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1983.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 450jj–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110