§ 428l. — Acquisition of lands; agreement for transfer of jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC428l]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 428l. Acquisition of lands; agreement for transfer of
jurisdiction
Within the area designated for addition to such battlefield under
section 428k of this title, the Secretary is authorized to acquire non-
Federal lands and interests in lands by purchase, by donation, by
purchase with donated funds, or in such other manner and by such means
as he may deem to be in the public interest, except that the Surrender
House and land upon which it is situated shall be acquired only by
donation or by purchase with donated funds. Administrative jurisdiction
and control over lands administered by the Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army, above contour elevation 369 and which, under
authority of section 428k of this title, are designated for inclusion in
the battlefield, shall, upon agreement of the administering agency, be
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior without a transfer of
funds.
(Pub. L. 86-738, Secs. 2, 4, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 876.)
Change of Name
``Battlefield'' substituted in text for ``park'' in view of
redesignation of Fort Donelson National Military Park as Fort Donelson
National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86-738, Sec. 4, set out as section 428n
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 428m, 428n of this title.
