16 U.S.C. § 423a–2 — Adjustment of boundary

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The Secretary of the Interior can adjust the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield. The Secretary may buy, trade, or transfer land to do this. The total battlefield area cannot get bigger, and changes take effect once published in the Federal Register.

The Secretary of the Interior has authority to change the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield. The Secretary can do this three ways: buying land, trading land, or transferring land. There's one firm limit: whatever adjustments the Secretary makes, the total area of the battlefield cannot increase. Any boundary change only becomes official once the Secretary publishes a description of it in the Federal Register.

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The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to adjust the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield through purchase, exchange, or transfer: Provided, That in doing so the total area of the battlefield will not be increased and that such changes will become effective upon publication of the description thereof in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior.

Source credit: (Sept. 7, 1949, ch. 543, § 2, 63 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 403.)

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1949Enacted · Act of Sept. 7, 1949, ch. 543 · 63 Stat. 692
1962Amended · Pub. L. 87-603 · 76 Stat. 403

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