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Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110

§103306 Studies

Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1033 — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 103306

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Army may study and survey battlefields inside the continental United States where U.S. troops or troops of the original 13 colonies fought a common enemy. The work is to create general and detailed plans for properly commemorating those battlefields and nearby historic military places. Each year the Secretary must include in the Department of the Interior’s budget estimates a list of battlefields to be surveyed that fiscal year and the estimated cost for each. No land may be bought for a national military park unless the Secretary reports to Congress through the President. The Secretary must also send Congress an annual detailed progress report with recommendations.

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Title 54, §103306

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(a)Study of Battlefields for Commemorative Purposes.—
The Secretary of the Army may make studies and investigations and, where necessary, surveys of all battlefields within the continental limits of the United States on which troops of the United States or of the original 13 colonies have been engaged against a common enemy, with a view to preparing a general plan and such detailed projects as may be required for properly commemorating such battlefields or other adjacent points of historic and military interest.
(b)Inclusion of Estimate of Cost of Projected Surveys in Appropriation Estimates.—
The Secretary of the Army shall include annually in the Department of the Interior appropriation estimates a list of the battlefields for which surveys or other field investigations are planned for the fiscal year in question, with the estimated cost of making each survey or other field investigation.
(c)Purchase of Real Estate for National Military Park Purposes.—
No real estate shall be purchased for national military park purposes by the Federal Government unless a report on the real estate has been made by the Secretary of the Army through the President to Congress under subsection (d).
(d)Report to Congress.—
The Secretary of the Army, through the President, shall annually submit to Congress a detailed report of progress made under this subchapter, with recommendations for further operations.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 103306(a)16 U.S.C. 455.June 11, 1926, ch. 555, 44 Stat. 726; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501. 103306(b)16 U.S.C. 455b. 103306(c)16 U.S.C. 455c. 103306(d)16 U.S.C. 455a. In subsection (d), the words “after December 1, 1926” are omitted as obsolete.

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54 U.S.C. § 103306

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110