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16 U.S.C. § 160a–1

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United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 160a–1, Boundaries, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/443151
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Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the park shall include the lands and waters within the boundaries as generally depicted on the map entitled “Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land Transfer & Boundary Adjustment”, numbered 172/80,056, and dated June 2009 (22 sheets), which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Within one year after acquisition of the lands owned by the State of Minnesota and its political subdivisions within the boundaries of the park the Secretary shall affix to such map an exact legal description of said boundaries. The Secretary may revise the boundaries of the park from time to time by publishing in the Federal Register a revised map or other boundary description, but such revisions shall not increase the land acreage within the park by more than one thousand acres. In addition to such revisions as the Secretary may make in the boundaries of the park from time to time pursuant to other provisions of law, the Secretary may, according to the provisions of subsection (a)— The Secretary may not delete or convey the lands referred to in paragraph (1)(E) unless, prior to or simultaneously with such deletion or conveyance and in consideration of such conveyance, the State of Minnesota— enters into a recordable agreement satisfactory to the Secretary which provides that—

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  • Amended byPub. L. 97-405(S. 625)1983-01-03
    A bill to revise the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-9(S. 47)2019-03-12
    John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act