§ 81f. — Authorization of appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC81f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER IX--COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 81f. Authorization of appropriation
There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this subchapter, which shall not exceed the
sum of $10,472,000 to be available for all expenses incident to the
examination and establishment of the said Colonial National Historical
Park and for the acquisition of lands and/or lands and improvements
needed for the completion of the park, including the securing of options
and other incidental expenses. The area of the Yorktown battlefield,
authorized for inclusion in said park, is extended to not to exceed four
thousand five hundred acres, and all Government-owned lands within the
boundaries of said park as established by presidential proclamation,
except those determined by the Secretary of the Interior as not
necessary in carrying out the objects of said park are transferred to
the administrative jurisdiction and control of the National Park
Service.
(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, Sec. 4, 46 Stat. 856; Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 405, 46
Stat. 1490; June 5, 1936, ch. 525, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1483; Pub. L. 90-74,
Aug. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 176; Pub. L. 93-477, title I, Sec. 101(2), Oct.
26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1445.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 443c of this title.
Amendments
1974--Pub. L. 93-477 substituted ``$10,472,000'' for ``$2,777,000''.
1967--Pub. L. 90-74 substituted ``$2,777,000'' for ``$2,000,000''.
1931--Act Mar. 3, 1931, changed amount of appropriation and inserted
last sentence extending the area of Yorktown battlefield.
Change of Name
Act June 5, 1936, changed ``Colonial National Monument'' to
``Colonial National Historical Park''.
George Waller Blow Estate; Use of 1967 Increase in Authorization of
Appropriations To Purchase
Pub. L. 90-74 provided in part that the limit on the authorized
appropriation was increased from $2,000,000 to $2,777,000 in order to
permit acquisition of the Thomas Nelson House, the Edmund Smith House,
the John Ballard House, and the Thomas Pate House, all of which are
located within the boundaries of the Colonial National Historical Park
on lots numbered 42A, 44 through 55, 84, 85, and 120 through 129, and
known as the George Waller Blow Estate.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 81d of this title.
