16 U.S.C. § 450kk — Fort Union National Monument; acquisition of site and other lands; reversions and reservations

In order to preserve and protect, in the public interest, the historic Old Fort Union, in Mora County, New Mexico, and to provide adequate public access to it, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by donation, or to procure with donated funds, the site and remaining structures of Old Fort Union. The Secretary may also acquire additional land, interests in land, and improvements on it, as much as the Secretary in his discretion deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and section 450kk–1 of this title. Donated lands may be accepted subject to reservations, terms, and conditions satisfactory to the Secretary, including a right of reversion to the donor, or the donor's successors and assigns, if the land is ever abandoned as a national monument, and a reservation of mineral rights, subject to the condition that the surface of the donated lands may not be used or disturbed in connection with those mineral rights without the Secretary's consent.