§ 261. — Establishment; description of area.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC261]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVIII--CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 261. Establishment; description of area
When title to such lands, structures, and other property in the
Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas, being portions of the Warriors
Path of the Indians and Wilderness Road of Daniel Boone, within Bell and
Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia; and Claiborne County,
Tennessee; as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as
necessary or desirable for national historical park purposes, shall have
been vested in the United States, such area or areas shall be, and they
are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the
benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Provided, That the United
States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands
within the aforesaid areas.
(June 11, 1940, ch. 304, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 262; May 26, 1943, ch. 103,
Sec. 1, 57 Stat. 85.)
Amendments
1943--Act May 26, 1943, omitted proviso relating to inclusion of
certain specified lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 262 of this title.
