§ 440. Closure in times of national emergency

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior may, in case of a national emergency, close the said Fort McHenry and it may be used for any and all military purposes during the period of the emergency and for such period of time thereafter, as the public needs may require.

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.

1914
Pub. L. 63–100 · 38 Stat. 382
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 440
May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

A proviso at the close of act Mar. 3, 1925, authorizing the disposal of the useless temporary buildings constructed during the World War and appropriating a sum from the proceeds thereof for the purposes of the act has been omitted as temporary and executed.

This section and sections 437 to 439 of this title were derived from act Mar. 3, 1925. See Codification note set out under section 437 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of War and Emergencies

Termination of state of war and national emergencies, see note set out under section 437 of this title.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 437 of this title.

Credits

1914–1933 · 4 acts

1914May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382
1925Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 425, 43 Stat. 1109
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.

Show as published

(May 26, 1914, ch. 100, 38 Stat. 382; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 425, 43 Stat. 1109; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)