§ 262. — Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC262]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVIII--CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 262. Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of
lands and property and transfer thereof to United States
The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as
determined pursuant to this subchapter, shall comprise not less than six
thousand acres and shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and lands may
be added to the park following its establishment within the aforesaid
limitations. The park shall not include any land within the city limits
of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; which
the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Secretary of the
Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for
expansion of said cities.
(a) The consent of Congress is given to the States of Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Virginia to enter into a compact providing for (1) the
acquisition of the lands, structures, and other property in the
Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas referred to in section 261 of this
title, and (2) the transfer of title to such lands, structures, and
other property to the United States.
(b) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly
reserved.
(June 11, 1940, ch. 304, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 263; May 26, 1943, ch. 103,
Sec. 2, 57 Stat. 85.)
Amendments
1943--Act May 26, 1943, among other changes, inserted minimum
acreage limitation in first par. and added pars. (a) and (b).
