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§79c–1 Vesting in United States of All Right, Title, Etc., in Real Property and Down Tree Personal Property in Additional Lands; Effective Date; Authorization of Appropriations

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VII — REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK › § 79c–1

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

All ownership and the right to immediate possession of the real property and down tree personal property shown as "Proposed Additions" on the map titled "Additional Lands, Redwood National Park, California" (map no. 167–80005–D, March 1978) became United States property on March 27, 1978 under section 79c(b)(1). Section 79c(b)(3) also applies to that date. Money from fiscal year 1978 appropriations and from later years may be spent as needed to buy those lands, land interests, and the down tree personal property the Act allows.

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Title 16, §79c–1

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Notwithstanding any provision of the Act of October 2, 1968 [16 U.S.C. 79a et seq.], the vesting in the United States of all right, title, and interest in, and the right to immediate possession of, all real property and all down tree personal property within the area indicated as “Proposed Additions” on the map entitled “Additional Lands, Redwood National Park, California,” numbered 167–80005–D and dated March 1978, as established by section 79c(b)(1) of this title, shall be effective on March 27, 1978. The provisions of section 79c(b)(3) of this title shall also relate to the effective date of this section. From the appropriations authorized for fiscal year 1978 and succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary may be expended for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and down tree personal property, authorized to be acquired, or acquired, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

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References in Text

Act of October 2, 1968, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–545, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. section 79c(b)(1) of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “subsection (a)(4) of the first section of this Act”, meaning section 101(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95–250, which amended section 79c(b)(1) of this title. This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–250, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted section 79c–1 and 79k to 79q of this title, amended former section 1a–1 and section 79b and 79c of this title, and enacted provisions set out and formerly set out as notes under section 79k of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The

Effective Date

of this section, referred to in text, probably means the date of enactment of section 101 of Pub. L. 95–250, which was approved Mar. 27, 1978. Codification Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 90–545, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which comprises this subchapter.

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16 U.S.C. § 79c–1

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Aug 21, 2026

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