§ 450dd. — De Soto National Memorial; 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: 16USC450dd]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450dd. De Soto National Memorial; establishment
For the purpose of establishing an appropriate memorial to Hernando
De Soto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion,
to acquire on behalf of the United States, by donation, by purchase with
donated funds when purchaseable \1\ at prices deemed by him reasonable,
or by condemnation with donated funds, such lands and interests in land
within an area of not to exceed thirty acres as he may select in the
vicinity of Tampa Bay and Bradenton, Florida, and to construct thereon a
suitable memorial structure, together with such connecting roads and
public facilities as may be desirable.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``purchasable''.
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(Mar. 11, 1948, ch. 109, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 86-728, Sec. 1A,
Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 856.)
Amendments
1960--Pub. L. 86-728 increased limitation on acquisition of land
from twenty-five to thirty acres.
Authorization of Appropriations
Section 3 of act Mar. 11, 1948, as amended Aug. 21, 1950, ch. 768,
64 Stat. 469; Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-728, Sec. 1B, 74 Stat. 856; Nov.
10, 1978, Pub. L. 95-625, title I, Sec. 101(8), 92 Stat. 3471; Oct. 12,
1979, Pub. L. 96-87, title IV, Sec. 401(a), 93 Stat. 665, provided that:
``There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed
$292,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
[sections 450dd and 450dd-1 of this title].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 450dd-1 of this title.
