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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 268. Authority of Secretary to acquire lands for trailheads

Statutory text

(a)

Authority

Notwithstanding the Act of (16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 10 acres of land or interests in land, which shall consist of those necessary lands for the establishment of trailheads to be located at White Rocks and Chadwell Gap.

(b)

Administration

Lands and interests in lands acquired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be added to and administered as part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

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.

  1. Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–333 div. I title II § 216 · 110 Stat. 4093

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 268

    (Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title II, § 216, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4112.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title II, § 216, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4112.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 216. CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. (a) Authority.— Notwithstanding the Act of June 11, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 10 acres of land or interests in land, which shall consist of those necessary lands for the establishment of trailheads to be located at White Rocks and Chadwell Gap. (b) Administration.— Lands and interests in lands acquired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be added to and administered as part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The act of , referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 11, 1940, ch. 304, 54 Stat. 262, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, and not as part of act June 11, 1940, ch. 304, 54 Stat. 262, which comprises this subchapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title II, § 216, , 110 Stat. 4112.)

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