16 USC 425 - Revision of park boundaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1999—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 106–150 substituted “Spotsylvania National” for “Spotslyvania National”.

1992—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 102–541 struck out “326–40072E/89,” after “326–40071C/89.” and substituted “1989, and the map entitled ‘Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,’ numbered 326–40072E/89/A and dated September, 1990.” for “1989.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Puspan. L. 102–541, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided in part that amendment of this section by Puspan. L. 102–541 was not to be effective until the lands included within the proposed new boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park pursuant to Puspan. L. 102–541 had been donated to the Secretary of the Interior, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 106–150, § 1(a), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.

Short Title

Puspan. L. 101–214, § 1, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1849, provided that:

“This Act [enacting this section and sections 425l to 425o of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Expansion Act of 1989’.”

Congressional Findings Relating to Park Expansion

Puspan. L. 102–541, § 1, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided that:

“Congress finds that the land area near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia, located south and west of the intersection of the Orange Plank Road and Brock Road in Spotsylvania County was strategically significant ground associated with the battle of the Civil War known as the Battle of the Wilderness, and that the tract of land adjacent to such area known as ‘Longstreet’s Flank Attack’ was also strategically significant to that battle.”

Acquisition of Certain Lands by Donation Only

Puspan. L. 102–541, § 2(span), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3565, provided that lands included within the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park pursuant to that section, amending this section and enacting provisions formerly set out as a note above, could be acquired only by donation, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 106–150, § 1(span)(2), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1730.