§ 450kk. — Fort Union National Monument; acquisition of site and other lands; reversions and reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC450kk]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450kk. Fort Union National Monument; acquisition of site
and other lands; reversions and reservations
In order to preserve and protect, in the public interest, the
historic Old Fort Union, situated in the county of Mora, State of New
Mexico, and to provide adequate public access thereto, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by
donation, or he may procure with donated funds, the site and remaining
structures of Old Fort Union, together with such additional land,
interests in land, and improvements thereon as the Secretary in his
discretion may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section
and section 450kk-1 of this title. Donated lands may be accepted subject
to such reservations, terms, and conditions as may be satisfactory to
the Secretary, including right of reversion to donor, or its successors
and assigns, upon abandonment as a national monument, and reservation of
mineral rights subject to condition that surface of donated lands may
not be used or disturbed in connection therewith, without the consent of
the Secretary.
(June 28, 1954, ch. 401, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 298.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 450kk-1 of this title.
