16 U.S.C. § 698u–4
Limited authority to acquire
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 698u–4, Limited authority to acquire, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446206
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Full text
The Secretary shall acquire, by donation, not more than 180 acres of real property within the boundaries of the Preserve (as described in section 698u–2(b) of this title) and the improvements on the real property.
For the purposes of payments made under chapter 69 of title 31, the real property described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to have been acquired for the purposes specified in section 6904(a) of that title.
No property may be acquired under this section without the consent of the owner of the property. The United States may not acquire fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than lands described in this section.
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.
- Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996House: 404–4Senate: no recorded tally
- National Park System Laws Technical Amendments Act of 2004House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally