16 U.S.C. § 231a — Additional lands

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This law lets new land join the Chalmette Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The Secretary of the Interior must first designate that land as needed for the park. The land then follows the Unit's rules, capped at 500 total acres.

This section explains how land can be added to a specific part of a national park. If the Secretary of the Interior decides that extra land is necessary and useful for the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, that land can become part of the Unit — but only once the United States actually owns it. Once that land is part of the Unit, it follows all the same laws, rules, and regulations that already apply to the rest of the Unit. However, there's a hard limit: the Chalmette Unit — including this land and any future additions — can never be bigger than five hundred acres total.

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

Upon the vesting of title in the United States to such additional lands as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary and desirable for the purposes of the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, such lands shall become a part of the said Unit and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto: Provided, however, That the total area included within the said Unit and any enlargement thereof shall not exceed five hundred acres.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 640, § 2, 53 Stat. 1342; Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 909, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3538; Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7105(f)(1)(B), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1193.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1939Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 640 · 53 Stat. 1342
1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-625 · 92 Stat. 3538
2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-11 · 123 Stat. 1193

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 640 on 1939-08-10.

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