Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 428k. Addition of lands
Statutory text
In furtherance of the purposes of sections 428 to 428d and 428e to 428i of this title and to facilitate an appropriate observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Fort Donelson, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate for addition to the present Fort Donelson National Battlefield such lands and interests in lands adjacent to said battlefield as in his discretion are necessary to preserve and interpret this historic battleground, including the nearby historic Surrender House and the land upon which it is situated on Spring Street in the town of Dover, Tennessee.
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.
Pub. L. 86–738 · 74 Stat. 875
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 428k
Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 1, 4, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 875, 876
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 1, 4, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 875, 876Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–367 § 6 · 118 Stat. 1743
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 428k
Pub. L. 108–367 substituted “Tennessee” for “Tennessee, but the total area commemorating the battle of Fort Donelson shall not exceed 600 acres”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 108–367 substituted “Tennessee” for “Tennessee, but the total area commemorating the battle of Fort Donelson shall not exceed 600 acres”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. The first section of Public Law 86–738 (16 U.S.C. 428k) is amended by striking “Tennessee” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “Tennessee.”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–367 substituted “Tennessee” for “Tennessee, but the total area commemorating the battle of Fort Donelson shall not exceed 600 acres”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Fort Donelson National Battlefield” and “battlefield” substituted in text for “Fort Donelson National Military Park” and “park”, respectively, in view of redesignation of Fort Donelson National Military Park as Fort Donelson National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–738, § 4, set out as section 428n of this title.
Credits
1960–2004 · 2 acts
- 1960Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 1, 4, , 74 Stat. 875, 876
- 2004Pub. L. 108–367, § 6, , 118 Stat. 1745.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 1, 4, , 74 Stat. 875, 876; Pub. L. 108–367, § 6, , 118 Stat. 1745.)