Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§450ll Booker T. Washington National Monument; Acquisition of Site
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450ll
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must obtain all ownership rights to the land at Booker Washington Birthplace in Virginia for the United States. They can get it as a gift, buy it, or take it through legal action.
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Title 16, §450ll
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, all right, title, and interest in and to the real property located at Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia.
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of 2002 Amendment Pub. L. 107–215, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1054, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 450ll–3 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002’.” Authorization of Appropriations section 4 of act Apr. 2, 1956, as amended by Pub. L. 92–272, title II, § 201(2), Apr. 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 120, provided that: “There are authorized to be appropriated such sums not to exceed $600,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act [sections 450ll to 450ll–2 of this title].”
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16 U.S.C. § 450ll
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102