§ 157a. — Additional lands; aggregate cost.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC157a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XVII--BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 157a. Additional lands; aggregate cost
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.
(Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 522, 63 Stat. 679.)
