§ 430oo. Acquisition of lands for preservation, protection and improvement; limitation

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire such lands and interests in land and to enter into such agreements with the owners of land on behalf of themselves, their heirs and assigns with respect to the use thereof as the Secretary finds necessary to preserve, protect and improve the Antietam Battlefield comprising approximately 1,800 acres in the State of Maryland and the property of the United States thereon, to assure the public a full and unimpeded view thereof, and to provide for the maintenance of the site (other than those portions thereof which are occupied by public buildings and monuments and the Antietam National Cemetery) in, or its restoration to, substantially the condition in which it was at the time of the battle of Antietam. Any acquisition authorized by this section may be made without regard to the limitation set forth in the proviso contained in section 430nn 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.

1960
Pub. L. 86–438 · 74 Stat. 79
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 430oo
Pub. L. 86–438, Apr. 22, 1960, 74 Stat. 79
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–438, Apr. 22, 1960, 74 Stat. 79
1975
Pub. L. 93–608 § 1(11) · 88 Stat. 1967
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 430oo
Pub. L. 93–608 struck out requirement that Secretary report to Congress at least once each year on any acquisition made or agreement entered into under provisions of this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 93–608 struck out requirement that Secretary report to Congress at least once each year on any acquisition made or agreement entered into under provisions of this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the expenditure Repeal. of funds through grants for support of scientific research, and for other purposes”, approved September 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 1793; 42 U.S.C. 1893), is repealed, thereby eliminating the annual report under such Act to the appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress concerning grants for basic scientific research.
1988
Pub. L. 100–528 § 1(a) · 102 Stat. 2649
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 430oo
Pub. L. 100–528 struck out after first sentence “Not more than 600 acres of land, however, shall be acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, but neither this limitation nor any other provision of law shall preclude such acquisition of the fee title to other lands and its immediate reconveyance to the former owner with such covenants, restrictions, or conditions as will accomplish the purposes of this section: Provided, That the cost to the Government of any such transaction shall not exceed the reasonable value of the covenants, restrictions, or conditions thereby imposed on the property.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–528 struck out after first sentence “Not more than 600 acres of land, however, shall be acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, but neither this limitation nor any other provision of law shall preclude such acquisition of the fee title to other lands and its immediate reconveyance to the former owner with such covenants, restrictions, or conditions as will accomplish the purposes of this section: Provided, That the cost to the Government of any such transaction shall not exceed the reasonable value of the covenants, restrictions, or conditions thereby imposed on the property.”
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Acreage Limitation.— The first section of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection and preservation of the Antietam Battlefield in the State of Maryland”, approved April 22, 1960 (16 U.S.C. 430oo) is amended by striking out “Not more than 600 acres of land, however, shall be acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, but neither this limitation nor any other provision of law shall preclude such acquisition of the fee title to other lands and its immediate reconveyance to the former owner with such covenants, restrictions, or conditions as will accomplish the purposes of this section: Provided, That the cost to the Government of any such transaction shall not exceed the reasonable value of the covenants, restrictions, or conditions thereby imposed on the property. ”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1975–1988 · 2 rounds

1988

Pub. L. 100–528 struck out after first sentence “Not more than 600 acres of land, however, shall be acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, but neither this limitation nor any other provision of law shall preclude such acquisition of the fee title to other lands and its immediate reconveyance to the former owner with such covenants, restrictions, or conditions as will accomplish the purposes of this section: Provided, That the cost to the Government of any such transaction shall not exceed the reasonable value of the covenants, restrictions, or conditions thereby imposed on the property.”

1975

Pub. L. 93–608 struck out requirement that Secretary report to Congress at least once each year on any acquisition made or agreement entered into under provisions of this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Scenic Easements; Acquisition

Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 319(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3488, as amended by Pub. L. 100–528, § 1(b), Oct, 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2649, provided that: “In furtherance of the purposes of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the protection and preservation of the Antietam Battlefield in the State of Maryland’, approved April 22, 1960 (74 Stat. 79) [this section], and other Acts relative thereto [see section 430nn of this title], the Secretary is hereby authorized to acquire the additional lands generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Boundary Map, Antietam National Battlefield, Washington County, Maryland,’ numbered 302–80.005–A and dated June 1977.”

Credits

1960–1988 · 3 acts

1960Pub. L. 86–438, Apr. 22, 1960, 74 Stat. 79
1975Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(11), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969
1988Pub. L. 100–528, § 1(a), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2649.

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(Pub. L. 86–438, Apr. 22, 1960, 74 Stat. 79; Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(11), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969; Pub. L. 100–528, § 1(a), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2649.)