§ 425k. — Revision of park boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC425k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 425k. Revision of park boundaries
(a) Boundary revision
In furtherance of the purposes of sections 425 to 425j of this
title, the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial
National Military Park (hereinafter in sections 425k to 425o of this
title referred to as the ``park'') shall hereafter comprise the lands
and interests in lands within the boundary generally depicted as
``Proposed Park Boundary'' on the maps entitled ``Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania National Military Park'', numbered 326-40075D/89, 326-
40074E/89, 326-40069B/89, 326-40070D/89, 326-40071C/89, 326-40076A/89,
and 326-40073D/89, and dated June 1989, and the map entitled
``Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,'' numbered
326-40072E/89/A and dated September 1990. The maps shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
(b) Excluded lands
Lands and interests in lands within the boundary depicted on the
maps referred to in subsection (a) of this section as ``Existing Park
Boundary'' but outside of the boundary depicted as ``Proposed Park
Boundary'' are hereby excluded from the park, in accordance with the
provisions of section 425l(b) of this title. The Secretary of the
Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') may relinquish
to the Commonwealth of Virginia exclusive or concurrent legislative
jurisdiction over lands excluded from the park by this section by filing
with the Governor a notice of relinquishment. Such relinquishment shall
take effect upon acceptance thereof, or as the laws of the Commonwealth
may otherwise provide.
(Pub. L. 101-214, Sec. 2, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1849; Pub. L. 102-
541, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565; Pub. L. 106-150,
Sec. 1(c), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.)
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-150 substituted ``Spotsylvania
National'' for ``Spotslyvania National''.
1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-541 struck out ``326-40072E/89,''
after ``326-40071C/89.'' and substituted ``1989, and the map entitled
`Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,' numbered 326-
40072E/89/A and dated September, 1990.'' for ``1989.''
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Section 2(a)(2) of Pub. L. 102-541 provided in part that amendment
of this section by Pub. L. 102-541 was not to be effective until the
lands included within the proposed new boundaries of the Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
pursuant to Pub. L. 102-541 had been donated to the Secretary of the
Interior, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106-150, Sec. 1(a), Dec. 9, 1999,
113 Stat. 1730.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-214 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this section and sections 425l to 425o of this title] may be cited as
the `Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial
National Military Park Expansion Act of 1989'.''
Congressional Findings Relating to Park Expansion
Section 1 of Pub. L. 102-541 provided that: ``Congress finds that
the land area near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields
Memorial National Military Park, Virginia, located south and west of the
intersection of the Orange Plank Road and Brock Road in Spotsylvania
County was strategically significant ground associated with the battle
of the Civil War known as the Battle of the Wilderness, and that the
tract of land adjacent to such area known as `Longstreet's Flank Attack'
was also strategically significant to that battle.''
Acquisition of Certain Lands by Donation Only
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 102-541 provided that lands included within
the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County
Battlefields Memorial National Military Park pursuant to that section,
amending this section and enacting provisions formerly set out as a note
above, could be acquired only by donation, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
106-150, Sec. 1(b)(2), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 425l, 425m, 425o of this
title.
