16 U.S.C. § 459 — Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area; conditional establishment; acquisition of lands

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This area is on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Once the United States owns almost all its land, it becomes the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. Established villages are not included. The U.S. cannot buy this land with public money — it can only accept it as a donation.

This section is a single provision with one proviso; it has no lettered subsections. Conditional establishment: The Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area is established, dedicated, and set apart once title to nearly all the land in a described area vests in the United States. The area is roughly one hundred square miles, covering the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke, and Collington, plus the waters and land beneath the waters next to them. The boundaries within that area are set by the Secretary of the Interior. Land inside established villages is excluded from this requirement. Funding limit: The United States may not use appropriated public money to buy any land within this area. Land for the seashore may only come to the United States through public or private donation.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

When title to all the lands, except those within the limits of established villages, within boundaries to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately one hundred square miles on the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke, and Collington,1 and the waters and the lands beneath the waters adjacent thereto shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be, and is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a national seashore recreational area for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

Source credit: (Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, § 1, 50 Stat. 669; June 29, 1940, ch. 459, § 1, 54 Stat. 702.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1937Enacted · Act of Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687 · 50 Stat. 669
1940Amended · Act of June 29, 1940, ch. 459 · 54 Stat. 702

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 687 on 1937-08-17.

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