§ 430p. Right of States to enter and mark battle lines

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. 1934

   Pub. L. 73–694 § 7 · 48 Stat. 1198

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 430p

   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 7, 48 Stat. 1200

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 7, 48 Stat. 1200

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had troops at the Battle of Monocacy to enter upon the lands and approaches of the Monocacy National Military Park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the line of battle of troops engaged Proviso. Approval of marking, etc. therein: Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and shall first receive written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the Office of National No discrimination in designating lines. Parks, Buildings, and Reservations: Provided, That no discrimination shall be made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of the Interior may be used by any other State.

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–578 title III § 319(7) · 90 Stat. 2732

   1. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 430p

      Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “battlefield” for “Monocacy National Military Park”

   2. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 430p

      Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “: Provided further,” for “, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the National Park Service: Provided,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “battlefield” for “Monocacy National Military Park” and “: Provided further,” for “, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the National Park Service: Provided,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (7) In section 7: (a) change “Monocacy National Military Park” to “battlefield”, and (b) delete the comma and “which approval shall be based on formal written reports made to him in each case by the Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations; Provided,” and insert in lieu thereof “Provided further”,

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision