§ 262. Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States

Statutory text

The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as determined pursuant to this subchapter, shall comprise not less than six thousand acres and shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and lands may be added to the park following its establishment within the aforesaid limitations. The park shall not include any land within the city limits of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; which the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Secretary of the Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for expansion of said cities.

The consent of Congress is given to the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia to enter into a compact providing for (1) the acquisition of the lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas referred to in section 261 of this title, and (2) the transfer of title to such lands, structures, and other property to the United States.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1940
Pub. L. 76–304 § 2 · 54 Stat. 262
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 262
June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Limitation on area. Park, as determined pursuant to this Act, shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and shall not include any land within the city limits Lands excluded. of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; or any lands adjacent thereto which the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Secretary of the Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for expansion of said cities.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1943—Act May 26, 1943, among other changes, inserted minimum acreage limitation in first par. and added pars. (a) and (b).

Credits

1940–1943 · 2 acts

1940June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263
1943May 26, 1943, ch. 103, § 2, 57 Stat. 85.

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(June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263; May 26, 1943, ch. 103, § 2, 57 Stat. 85.)