16 U.S.C. § 430kk
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield: establishment and acquisition of lands
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 430kk, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield: establishment and acquisition of lands, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/444347
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The Secretary of the Interior shall acquire, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the lands (together with any improvements thereon) comprising the Wilson’s Creek Battlefield site near Springfield, Missouri, and any other lands adjacent to such site which in his opinion are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of sections 430kk to 430mm of this title.
The boundaries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield are revised to include lands and interests therein consisting of six parcels totaling 615 acres and identified as parcels “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6” on the map entitled “Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Proposed Boundary”, numbered 410/80,037 and dated January 27, 2004.
The boundary of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is revised to include the approximately 25 acres of land identified as “Proposed Addition” on the map entitled “Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Modification”, numbered 410/177,379, and dated July 2022.
The maps described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
The Secretary of the Interior may correct any clerical or typographical error in a map described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
The Secretary of the Interior may acquire the land described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) by donation, by purchase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The Secretary may acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, interpretation of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.
Nothing in sections 430kk to 430mm of this title shall be construed to—
The revision of the boundaries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield by subsection (b) shall not be considered to create any liability for, or to have any effect on any liability under any other law of, any owner of private property with respect to any person injured on that private property.
Nothing in sections 430kk to 430mm of this title shall be construed to modify the authority of Federal, State, or local governments to regulate land use.
Nothing in sections 430kk to 430mm of this title shall be construed to require the owner of any private property located within the boundaries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield to participate in, or be associated with, the National Battlefield.
The boundaries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, as revised by subsection (b), represent the area within which Federal funds appropriated for the purpose of sections 430kk to 430mm of this title may be expended. The boundary revision shall not be construed to provide any nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within the National Battlefield or its viewshed by the Secretary or the National Park Service.
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.
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally