16 U.S.C. § 409g
Additional lands
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 409g, Additional lands, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/443645
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In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the public certain lands historically associated with the winter encampment of General George Washington’s Continental Army at Jockey Hollow in 1779 and 1780, and to facilitate the administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure, from a willing owner only, by purchase, donation, purchase with appropriated funds, or otherwise, not to exceed 715 acres of land and interests therein which 715 acres shall include Stark’s Brigade campsite and other lands necessary for the proper administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park: Provided, That title to the property known as the Cross estate may not be accepted until the property is vacant.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, to authorize appropriations for additional costs of land acquisition for the National Park System, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the national park system, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize the addition of 15 acres to Morristown National Historical Park.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally