2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter LXI - National and International Monuments and Memorials
Sec. 450u - Homestead National Monument of America; establishment

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 450u (2019)
Section Name §450u. Homestead National Monument of America; establishment
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, the south half of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 26, township 4 north, range 5 east, of the sixth principal meridian, Gage County, Nebraska, the same being the first homestead entered upon under the General Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, by Daniel Freeman, and that when so acquired, the said area be designated "The Homestead National Monument of America."

Source Credit

(Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 157, §1, 49 Stat. 1184.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

The General Homestead Act, referred to in text, is act May 20, 1862, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 392. See chapter 7 (§161 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands.

HOMESTEAD NATIONAL MONUMENT OF AMERICA ADDITIONS

Pub. L. 107–332, Dec. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 2871, known as the Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act, provided for addition of certain parcels of private and State-owned land to the Homestead National Monument of America and authorized appropriations and cooperative agreements with the appropriate State and local governments.

Pub. L. 91–411, Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 863, provided for addition of the Freeman School to the Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska and authorized appropriation of not more than $50,000 for rehabilitation and development of the Freeman School.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450u - Homestead National Monument of America; establishment
Contains section 450u
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 12 Stat. 392
49 Stat. 1184
84 Stat. 863
116 Stat. 2871
Public Law References Public Law 91-411, Public Law 107-332
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