§ 455c. — Purchase of real estate for military park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC455c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXII--MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 455c. Purchase of real estate for military park
No real estate shall be purchased for military park purposes by the
Government unless report thereon shall have been made by the Secretary
of the Army through the President to Congress under the provisions of
section 455a of this title.
(June 11, 1926, ch. 555, Sec. 4, 44 Stat. 727; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of certain national military parks and
national monuments transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord.
No. 6166, Sec. 2, June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28,
1933, set out under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks,
Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Secretary of the Air Force
For transfer of certain functions relating to real property under
jurisdiction of Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army
to Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order
No. 14 [Sec. 2(4)], eff. July 1, 1948.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 455a of this title.
