republic-os/legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-1/section-425k.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	corpus	kind	title_number	title_name	chapter_number	chapter_name	section	citation	status	release_point	release_date	source	source_url	source_identifier	source_file	source_hash	raw_snapshot_hash	text_hash	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
LegalText	16 U.S.C. § 425k	Revision of park boundaries	us	united_states_code	code_section	16	CONSERVATION	1	NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES	425k	16 U.S.C. § 425k	current	119-100	2026-06-26	official	https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip	/us/usc/t16/s425k	data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml	b49fa73dd7f1737ff612fa7b0c06bdd069461c877d4144d7b1c8c4474648c32e	7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503	151ad9eaebcaf9ab5f7c0c4abe21dd1c7b8bf434dfe8408cc61ee3524cbe3376	2026-07-04	official	legal us-code

16 U.S.C. § 425k - Revision of park boundaries

Text

(a) Boundary revision In furtherance of the purposes of sections 425 to 425j of this title, the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (hereinafter in sections 425k to 425o of this title referred to as the “park”) shall hereafter comprise the lands and interests in lands within the boundary generally depicted as “Proposed Park Boundary” on the maps entitled “Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park”, numbered 326–40075D/89, 326–40074E/89, 326–40069B/89, 326–40070D/89, 326–40071C/89, 326–40076A/89, and 326–40073D/89, and dated June 1989, and the map entitled “Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,” numbered 326–40072E/89/A and dated September 1990. The maps shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(b) Excluded lands Lands and interests in lands within the boundary depicted on the maps referred to in subsection (a) as “Existing Park Boundary” but outside of the boundary depicted as “Proposed Park Boundary” are hereby excluded from the park, in accordance with the provisions of section 425l(b) of this title. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may relinquish to the Commonwealth of Virginia exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction over lands excluded from the park by this section by filing with the Governor a notice of relinquishment. Such relinquishment shall take effect upon acceptance thereof, or as the laws of the Commonwealth may otherwise provide.

(Pub. L. 101–214, § 2, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1849; Pub. L. 102–541, § 2(a), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565; Pub. L. 106–150, § 1(c), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–150 substituted “Spotsylvania National” for “Spotslyvania National”. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–541 struck out “326–40072E/89,” after “326–40071C/89.” and substituted “1989, and the map entitled ‘Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,’ numbered 326–40072E/89/A and dated September, 1990.” for “1989.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1992 AmendmentPub. L. 102–541, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided in part that amendment of this section by Pub. L. 102–541 was not to be effective until the lands included within the proposed new boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park pursuant to Pub. L. 102–541 had been donated to the Secretary of the Interior, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–150, § 1(a), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.

Short TitlePub. L. 101–214, § 1, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1849, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 425l to 425o of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Expansion Act of 1989’.”

Congressional Findings Relating to Park ExpansionPub. L. 102–541, § 1, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided that: “Congress finds that the land area near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia, located south and west of the intersection of the Orange Plank Road and Brock Road in Spotsylvania County was strategically significant ground associated with the battle of the Civil War known as the Battle of the Wilderness, and that the tract of land adjacent to such area known as ‘Longstreet’s Flank Attack’ was also strategically significant to that battle.”

Acquisition of Certain Lands by Donation OnlyPub. L. 102–541, § 2(b), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided that lands included within the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park pursuant to that section, amending this section and enacting provisions formerly set out as a note above, could be acquired only by donation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–150, § 1(b)(2), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.