§ 410s. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410s]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LV--MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410s. Establishment
(a) In general
In order to preserve for the benefit of the American people certain
historic structures and properties of outstanding national significance
associated with the opening of the War of the American Revolution,
Minute Man National Historical Park is authorized to be established in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The purposes of the park shall
include the preservation and interpretation of (1) the historic
landscape along the road between Lexington and Concord, (2) sites
associated with the causes and consequences of the American Revolution,
and (3) the Wayside on Lexington Road in Concord, the home of Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney, whose
works illustrate the nineteenth century American literary renaissance.
(b) Boundaries
The park shall be comprised of the lands depicted on the map
entitled ``Boundary Map NARO-406-20015C'', dated June 1991.
(Pub. L. 86-321, Sec. 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 91-548,
Sec. 1, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1436; Pub. L. 102-488, Sec. 2[(1)], Oct.
24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3135.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-488 substituted ``The purposes of the
park shall include the preservation and interpretation of (1) the
historic landscape along the road between Lexington and Concord, (2)
sites associated with the causes and consequences of the American
Revolution, and (3) the Wayside on Lexington Road in Concord, the home
of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret
Sidney, whose works illustrate the nineteenth century American literary
renaissance.'' for ``The park shall comprise not more than seven hundred
and fifty acres as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior
from within the area beginning at Fiske Hill and thence lying along
Massachusetts Avenue, Marrett Road and Marrett Street in the town of
Lexington, along Nelson Road, Virginia Road, Old Bedford Road, and North
Great Road or State Route 2-A in the town of Lincoln, and along
Lexington Road, Monument Street, Liberty Street and Lowell Road in the
town of Concord to and including the North Bridge and properties on both
sides of the Concord River in the vicinity of the North Bridge.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-488 added subsec. (b) and struck out former
subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``Notwithstanding the description set
forth in subsection (a) of this section, if the Secretary should
determine that the relocation of Highway 2 by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts makes it desirable to establish new boundaries in common
with, contiguous or adjacent to the proposed right-of-way for that
highway, he is authorized to relocate such boundaries accordingly, and
shall give notice thereof by publication of a map or other suitable
description in the Federal Register: Provided, That any net acreage
increase by reason of the boundary revision and land exchanges with the
Commonwealth shall not be included in calculations of acreage in regard
to the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this section, but shall
be in addition thereto.''
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-488 struck out subsec. (c) which read as
follows: ``Any lands added to the Minute Man National Historical Park,
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be acquired only if such
acquisition can be accomplished without cost for land acquisition and,
when so acquired, shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations
applicable thereto.''
1970--Pub. L. 91-548 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Short Title of 1992 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 102-488 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
sections 410x-1 and 410x-2 of this title and amending this section and
sections 410t and 410x of this title] may be cited as the `Minute Man
National Historical Park Amendments of 1991'.''
