16 U.S.C. § 156 — Establishment; boundaries

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This law creates Big Bend National Park in Texas once the U.S. owns the needed land. The park covers about 1.5 million acres in Brewster and Presidio counties, with exact boundaries set by the Secretary of the Interior. The government cannot buy this land with public money — it must come only from donations.

This section sets up Big Bend National Park. The Secretary of the Interior decides exactly which land, within an area of roughly 1.5 million acres in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas, known as the "Big Bend" area, is needed for a recreational park. Once title to that land is transferred to the United States, the land becomes a public park, dedicated to the public's benefit and enjoyment, called "Big Bend National Park." There is an important limit: the United States is not allowed to buy any land in this area using appropriated public money. Instead, the land can only come to the government through public and private donations.

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

When title to such lands as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for recreational park purposes within the boundaries to be determined by him within the area of approximately one million five hundred thousand acres, in the counties of Brewster and Presidio, in the State of Texas, known as the “Big Bend” area, shall have been vested in the United States, such lands shall be established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Big Bend National Park”: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public and private donations.

Source credit: (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 1, 49 Stat. 393.)

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1935Enacted · Act of June 20, 1935, ch. 283 · 49 Stat. 393

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 283 on 1935-06-20.

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