§ 398a. Conditions and limitations

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized subject to the following conditions and limitations, to proceed in such manner as he shall find to be necessary in the public interest to consummate the establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park:

The acreage of the national park shall be limited to a total of not more than nine thousand five hundred acres of land area, such total to be comprised of not more than fifteen acres on the island of Saint Thomas, and not more than nine thousand four hundred and eighty-five additional acres to be comprised of portions of the island of Saint John and such small islands, rocks, and cays not in excess of five hundred acres in the general vicinity thereof as may be desirable for inclusion within the park;

Tentative exterior boundary lines, to include land not in excess of the aforesaid acreage limitations, may be selected for the park in order to establish the particular areas in which land may be acquired pursuant to this section and section 398 of this title, such tentative boundaries to be selected and adjusted as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Interior;

The Secretary, on behalf of the United States, is authorized to accept donations of real and personal property within the areas selected for the park until such time as the aforesaid total of nine thousand five hundred acres shall have been acquired for the park by the United States, and he may also accept donations of funds for the purposes of this section and section 398 of this title. Notwithstanding the acreage limitations and boundary designations contained in this section, the Secretary is authorized to accept through donation, or purchase from a willing seller, the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed, Parcels 86B and 86AA Cruz Bay Quarter;

Any Federal properties situated within the areas selected for the park, upon agreement by the particular agency administering such properties that such properties should be made available for the park, may be transferred without further authorization to the Secretary by such agency for purposes of this section and section 398 of this title;

Establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, in its initial phase, shall be and is declared to be accomplished and effective for purposes of administration when a minimum acreage of not less than five thousand acres in Federal ownership for purposes of this section and section 398 of this title shall have been acquired by the United States in specific areas containing such acquired lands to be designated by the Secretary; and

Notice of the establishment of the park as authorized and prescribed by this section and section 398 of this title shall be published in the Federal Register.

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.

1956
Pub. L. 84–885 § 2 · 70 Stat. 890
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 398a
Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 2, 70 Stat. 940
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 2, 70 Stat. 940
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The Secretary of State, when funds are appropriated therefor, may— (a) provide for printing and binding outside the continental United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); (b) pay the cost of transportation to and from a place of storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; (c) employ aliens, by contract, for services abroad; (d) provide for official functions and courtesies; (e) purchase uniforms; and (f) pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise in foreign countries in connection with Department of State operations abroad.
1978
Pub. L. 95–348 § 7(b)(6) · 92 Stat. 487
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 398a(c)
Pub. L. 95–348 inserted provisions relating to acceptance through donation or purchase of the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–348 inserted provisions relating to acceptance through donation or purchase of the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(6) Section 2(c) of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes” (70 Stat. 940; 16 U.S.C. 398) is amended by adding the 16 USC 398a. following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding the acreage limitations and boundary designations contained in this section, the Secretary is authorized to accept through donation, or purchase from a willing seller, the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed, Parcels 86B and 86AA Cruz Bay Quarter.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–348 inserted provisions relating to acceptance through donation or purchase of the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed.

Credits

1956–1978 · 2 acts

1956Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 2, 70 Stat. 940
1978Pub. L. 95–348, § 7(b)(6), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 495.

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(Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 2, 70 Stat. 940; Pub. L. 95–348, § 7(b)(6), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 495.)