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Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter XVII - Big Bend National Park
Sec. 157 - Acquisition of lands
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| 16 U.S.C. § 157 (2020) |
| §157. Acquisition of lands |
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in section 156 of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That no land for the Big Bend National Park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States. |
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(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, §2, 49 Stat. 393.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER XVII - BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK Sec. 157 - Acquisition of lands |
| section 157 |
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| January 13, 2021 |
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| 49 Stat. 393 |
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