16 U.S.C. § 261
Establishment; description of area
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 16 U.S.C. § 261, Establishment; description of area, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/443333
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:443333@1- SHA-256
29d9e9fc74432beb8f97ce46f7c5b543400ffb4c09da7722ce781f555b3a1a34
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
When title to such lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas, being portions of the Warriors Path of the Indians and Wilderness Road of Daniel Boone, within Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia; and Claiborne County, Tennessee; as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historical park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such area or areas shall be, and they are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid areas.
Legislative history
We haven't linked the enacting public law for this provision yet. That means it is missing from our records, not that no law enacted it.