16 U.S.C. § 430kk — Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield: establishment and acquisition of lands

(a) Establishment, initial boundaries. The Secretary of the Interior must acquire — by gift, purchase, condemnation, or other means — the land making up the Wilson's Creek Battlefield site near Springfield, Missouri, plus any other nearby land the Secretary thinks is necessary or useful for the purposes of sections 430kk through 430mm. (b) Expansion of boundaries. (1)(A) The battlefield's boundary is revised to add six parcels totaling 615 acres, shown on a January 2004 map. (B) The boundary is further revised to add about 25 acres known as the Newtonia Battlefield addition, shown on a July 2022 map. (C) Both maps must be kept on file for public inspection at National Park Service offices. (D) The Secretary may fix any clerical or typographical error on either map. (2) The Secretary may acquire this added land by donation, by purchase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange — and may acquire personal property connected to interpreting the battlefield the same way. (c) Access to private property. Nothing in sections 430kk through 430mm requires any private property owner to allow public or government access to their property, or changes any law about public access to private property. (d) Liability. Expanding the boundary under subsection (b) does not create any new liability for a private property owner, or affect any existing liability, if someone is injured on that owner's property. (e) Recognition of authority to control land use. Nothing in sections 430kk through 430mm changes any federal, state, or local government's authority to regulate land use. (f) Participation of private property owners. Nothing in sections 430kk through 430mm requires an owner of private property inside the battlefield's boundary to take part in, or be associated with, the National Battlefield. (g) Effect of expansion. The expanded boundary marks the area where federal money appropriated for sections 430kk through 430mm may be spent. The expansion does not give the Secretary or the National Park Service any new regulatory power over land use inside the battlefield or its viewshed.