2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter XVII - Big Bend National Park
Sec. 157a - Additional lands; aggregate cost

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 157a (2019)
Section Name ยง157a. Additional lands; aggregate cost
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, any land or interests in land situated within sections 15, 22, 27, 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, which he shall consider to be suitable for addition to the Big Bend National Park: Provided, however, That the aggregate cost to the Federal Government of properties acquired hereafter and under the provisions hereof shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. Properties acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the park upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States.

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(Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 522, 63 Stat. 679.)

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 XVII - BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 157a - Additional lands; aggregate cost
Contains section 157a
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 63 Stat. 679
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