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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 428p. Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Statutory text

(a)

Designation; purpose

There exists as a unit of the National Park System the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to commemorate—

(1)

the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862; and

(2)

the campaign conducted by General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral Andrew H. Foote that resulted in the capture of Fort Donelson by Union forces.

(b)

Boundaries

The boundary of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield is revised to include the site of Fort Donelson and associated land that has been acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for administration by the National Park Service, including Fort Donelson National Cemetery, in Stewart County, Tennessee and the site of Fort Heiman and associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Fort Donelson National Battlefield Boundary Adjustment” numbered 328/80024, and dated September 2003. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

(c)

Expansion of boundaries

The Fort Donelson National Battlefield shall also include any land acquired pursuant to section 428p–1 of this title.

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. Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2004

    Pub. L. 108–367 § 2 · 118 Stat. 1743

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 428p

    (Pub. L. 108–367, § 2, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1743.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 108–367, § 2, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1743.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2. FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD. (a) Designation; Purpose.— There exists as a unit of the National Park System the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to commemorate— (1) the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862; and (2) the campaign conducted by General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral Andrew H. Foote that resulted in the capture of Fort Donelson by Union forces. (b) Boundaries.— The boundary of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield is revised to include the site of Fort Donelson and associated land that has been acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for administration by the National Park Service, including Fort Donelson National Cemetery, in Stewart County, Tennessee and the site of Fort Heiman and associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Fort Donelson National Battlefield Boundary Adjustment” numbered 328/80024, and dated September 2003. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (c) Expansion of Boundaries.— The Fort Donelson National Battlefield shall also include any land acquired pursuant to section 3.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 108–367, § 2, , 118 Stat. 1743.)

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