16 U.S.C. § 430pp — Fort Necessity National Battlefield; acquisition of land

This section supports the purposes of the Act of March 4, 1931. The Secretary of the Interior may acquire — by purchase, exchange, donation, or other means the Secretary judges to be in the public interest, including with donated funds — land and land interests next to or near the Fort Necessity National Battlefield site. The Secretary must decide, at the Secretary's discretion, that this land is necessary to preserve the historic battleground. This includes up to 25 acres at the separate Braddock Monument site. In total, the land acquired under sections 430pp through 430tt of this title cannot exceed 500 acres. The one exception: to avoid awkwardly splitting a privately owned parcel, the Secretary may buy that whole parcel even if doing so pushes past what would otherwise fit.