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16 U.S.C. § 450ss (CONSERVATION)
§ 450ss. Findings and purposes
Congress finds that—
(1) few events in the past quarter-century have rocked Americans’ perception of themselves and their institutions, and brought together the people of our Nation with greater intensity than the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City;
(2) the resulting deaths of 168 people, some of whom were children, immediately touched thousands of family members whose lives will forever bear scars of having those precious to them taken away so brutally;
(3) suffering with such families are countless survivors, including children, who struggle not only with the suffering around them, but their own physical and emotional injuries and with shaping a life beyond April 19;
(4) such losses and struggles are personal and, since they resulted from so public an attack, they are also shared with a community, a Nation, and the world;
(5) the story of the bombing does not stop with the attack itself or with the many losses it caused. The responses of Oklahoma’s public servants and private citizens, and those from throughout the Nation, remain as a testament to the sense of unity, compassion, even heroism, that characterized the rescue and recovery following the bombing;
(6) during the days immediately following the Oklahoma City bombing, Americans and people from around the world of all races, political philosophies, religions and walks of life responded with unprecedented solidarity and selflessness; and
(7) given the national and international impact and reaction, the Federal character of the site of the bombing, and the significant percentage of the victims and survivors who were Federal employees, the Oklahoma City Memorial will be established, designed, managed and maintained to educate present and future generations, through a public/private partnership, to work together efficiently and respectfully in developing a National Memorial relating to all aspects of the April 19, 1995, bombing in Oklahoma City.
(Pub. L. 105–58, § 2, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1261.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Short Title of 2004 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(a), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 347, provided that: “This section [amending sections 450ss–1 to 450ss–3 and 450ss–5 of this title, repealing sections 450ss–4, 450ss–6, and 450ss–7 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 450ss–3 and 450ss–4 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Oklahoma City National Memorial Act Amendments of 2003’.”
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 105–58, § 1, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1261, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 450ss–1 to 450ss–7 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997’.”
16 U.S.C. § 450ss–1 (CONSERVATION)
§ 450ss–1. Definitions
In sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title:
(1) Foundation
The term “Foundation” means the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that is—
(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26;
(B) exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title; and
(C) dedicated to the support of the Memorial.
(2) Memorial
The term “Memorial” means the Oklahoma City National Memorial designated under section 450ss–2(a) of this title.
(3) Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) Trust
The term “Trust” means the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust.
(Pub. L. 105–58, § 3, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1262; Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(b), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 347.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Pub. L. 108–199 added par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) to (3) as pars. (2) to (4), respectively, and struck out “designated under section 450ss–3(a) of this title” before the period in par. (4).
16 U.S.C. § 450ss–2 (CONSERVATION)
§ 450ss–2. Oklahoma City National Memorial
(a) In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States and the world, as a National Memorial certain lands located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, there is established as an affiliate of the National Park System the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
(b) Administration of Memorial.—
The Foundation shall administer the Memorial in accordance with sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title and the general objectives of the “Memorial Mission Statement”, adopted March 26, 1996, by the Foundation.
(c) The Memorial area shall be comprised of the lands, facilities and structures generally depicted on the map entitled “Oklahoma City National Memorial”, numbered OCNM 001, and dated May 1997. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Foundation.
(Pub. L. 105–58, § 4, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1262; Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(c), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 347.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(1), substituted “an affiliate” for “a unit” in first sentence and struck out second sentence, which read as follows: “The Memorial shall be administered by the Trust in cooperation with the Secretary and in accordance with the provisions of sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title, sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, and sections 461 to 467 of this title.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(c)(2), (4), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c), substituted “1997. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Foundation.” for “1997 (hereafter referred to in sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title as the ‘map’):”, and struck out pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:
“(1) Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service and the Trust.
“(2) After advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, in writing, the Trust, as established by section 450ss–3 of this title, in consultation with the Secretary, may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the Memorial when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register.”
16 U.S.C. § 450ss–4 (CONSERVATION)
§ 450ss–4. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(e)(1), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 348
text: Section, Pub. L. 105–58, § 6, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1264, provided for duties and authorities of Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(e)(2), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 348, provided that: “The repeal under this subsection [repealing this section] shall take effect upon the transfer of the Memorial property, rights, authorities, and duties pursuant to the amendments made by subsection (d) [amending section 450ss–3 of this title].”
16 U.S.C. § 450ss–5 (CONSERVATION)
§ 450ss–5. Limitations on funding
Authorization of Appropriations: 1
(1) In general
In furtherance of the purposes of sections 450ss to 450ss–7 of this title, the Secretary may provide, from the National Park Service’s National Recreation and Preservation account, the remainder of the sum of $5,000,000 for an endowment fund subject to paragraph (2), to remain available until expended.
(2) Matching requirement
Amounts appropriated in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of sections 450ss to 450ss–7 may only be expended on a matching basis in a ratio of at least one non-Federal dollar to every Federal dollar. For the purposes of this provision, each non-Federal dollar donated to the Foundation for the creation, maintenance, operation, or endowment of the Memorial shall satisfy the matching dollar requirement without regard to the fiscal year in which such donation is made.
(Pub. L. 105–58, § 7, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(f), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 116–283, div. H, title XCV, § 9501, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4822.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2021—Par. (1). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “the Secretary may provide, from the National Park Service’s National Recreation and Preservation account, the remainder of” for “there is hereby authorized”.
2004—Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(f)(1), inserted “for an endowment fund subject to paragraph (2)” after “the sum of $5,000,000”.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–199, § 544(f)(2), struck out “Trust or to the Oklahoma City Memorial” after “each non-Federal dollar donated to the” and substituted “operation, or endowment” for “or operation”.
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§§ 450ss–6, 450ss–7. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–199, div. F, title V, § 544(h), (i), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 349
text: Section 450ss–6, Pub. L. 105–58, § 8, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1266, provided for disposal of site of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building to the Trust.
text: Section 450ss–7, Pub. L. 105–58, § 9, Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1266, provided for General Accounting Office study.
16 U.S.C. § 451 (CONSERVATION)
§ 451. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 801, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4186
text: Section, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 460; July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 677; Feb. 13, 1940, ch. 30, 54 Stat. 36, related to limit on cost of buildings erected in national parks.
16 U.S.C. § 451a (CONSERVATION)
§ 451a. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act Sept. 14, 1950, ch. 950, § 1 (part), 64 Stat. 849, limited further extension or establishment of national parks in Wyoming. See section 104907 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Section comprised only part of the last sentence of section 1 of act Sept. 14, 1950. The remainder of such section, except that part of the last sentence which repealed sections 406 to 406d of this title, was classified to section 406d–1 and former section 431a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 452 (CONSERVATION)
§ 452. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, acts June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 153; May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 590; Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(95), 64 Stat. 844, related to revenues of national parks covered into Treasury.
16 U.S.C. § 452a (CONSERVATION)
§ 452a. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1163, 68 Stat. 1037, related to acquisition of non-Federal land within existing boundaries of any National Park. See section 101102 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 453 (CONSERVATION)
§ 453. Donations of land for park purposes near or adjacent to National Forest Reserve in North Carolina
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for park purposes any lands and rights-of-way, including the Grandfather Mountain, near or adjacent to the Government national forest in western North Carolina.
(June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 152.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: “Government national forest” substituted in text for “Government forest reserve” on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
16 U.S.C. § 454 (CONSERVATION)
§ 454. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642, 650
text: Section, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 8, 37 Stat. 487; June 6, 1939, ch. 185, 53 Stat. 810, authorized the superintendent, the acting superintendent, custodian, and principal clerks of the various national parks and other Government reservations to administer oaths to expense accounts.
16 U.S.C. § 455 (CONSERVATION)
§ 455. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act June 11, 1926, ch. 555, § 1, 44 Stat. 726; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, related to study of battlefields for commemorative purposes. See section 103306(a) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 455a (CONSERVATION)
§ 455a. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, acts June 11, 1926, ch. 555, § 2, 44 Stat. 727; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, required annual report to Congress. See section 103306(d) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 455b (CONSERVATION)
§ 455b. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, acts June 11, 1926, ch. 555, § 3, 44 Stat. 727; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, related to inclusion of estimate of cost of projected surveys in appropriation estimates. See section 103306(b) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 455c (CONSERVATION)
§ 455c. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act June 11, 1926, ch. 555, § 4, 44 Stat. 727; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, related to purchase of real estate for military park. See section 103306(c) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 456 (CONSERVATION)
§ 456. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act May 10, 1926, ch. 277, § 1, 44 Stat. 491, related to expense of depositing money payable from appropriations.
16 U.S.C. § 456a (CONSERVATION)
§ 456a. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act May 9, 1935, ch. 101, § 1, 49 Stat. 209, related to credits of receipts for meals and quarters furnished to Government employees in the field. Provision was also set out as section 14b of this title. See section 103101(a) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 457 (CONSERVATION)
§ 457. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act Feb. 1, 1928, ch. 15, 45 Stat. 54, related to action for death or personal injury within national park or other place under jurisdiction of United States. See section 5001 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
16 U.S.C. § 458 (CONSERVATION)
§ 458. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act Mar. 8, 1928, ch. 152, 45 Stat. 249, related to travel expenses incident to study of battlefields. See section 103305 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 458a (CONSERVATION)
§ 458a. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, act Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 690, § 1, 54 Stat. 861, related to mats for reproduction in magazines and newspapers of photographs of scenery. See section 104905 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
16 U.S.C. § 459 (CONSERVATION)
§ 459. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area; conditional establishment; acquisition of lands
When title to all the lands, except those within the limits of established villages, within boundaries to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately one hundred square miles on the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke, and Collington,1 and the waters and the lands beneath the waters adjacent thereto shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be, and is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a national seashore recreational area for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.
(Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, § 1, 50 Stat. 669; June 29, 1940, ch. 459, § 1, 54 Stat. 702.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
16 U.S.C. § 459a (CONSERVATION)
§ 459a. Acceptance of donations; acquisition of property by purchase and condemnation
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property, within the boundaries of said national seashore recreational area as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States under any donated funds by purchase, when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said national seashore recreational area as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
(Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, § 2, 50 Stat. 669; June 29, 1940, ch. 459, § 1, 54 Stat. 702.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: “Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
16 U.S.C. § 459a–2 (CONSERVATION)
§ 459a–2. Preservation of natural features; acquisition of additional property; reversion of property on failure of conditions
Except for certain portions of the area, deemed to be especially adaptable for recreational uses, particularly swimming, boating, sailing, fishing, and other recreational activities of similar nature, which shall be developed for such uses as needed, the said area shall be permanently reserved as a primitive wilderness and no development of the project or plan for the convenience of visitors shall be undertaken which would be incompatible with the preservation of the unique flora and fauna or the physiographic conditions now prevailing in this area: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, accept for administration, protection, and development by the National Park Service a minimum of ten thousand acres within the area described in section 459 of this title, including the existing Cape Hatteras State Park, and, in addition, any other portions of the area described in section 459 of this title if the State of North Carolina shall agree that if all the lands described in section 459 of this title shall not have been conveyed to the United States within fifteen years from August 17, 1937, the establishment of the aforesaid national seashore recreational area may, in the discretion of the said Secretary, be abandoned, and that, in the event of such abandonment, the said State will accept a reconveyance of title to all lands conveyed by it to the United States for said national seashore recreational area. The lands donated to the United States for the purposes of sections 459 to 459a–3 of this title by parties other than said State shall revert in the event of the aforesaid abandonment to the donors, or their heirs, or other persons entitled thereto by law.
In the event of said abandonment, the Secretary of the Interior shall execute any suitable quitclaim deeds, or other writings entitled to record in the proper counties of North Carolina stating the fact of abandonment, whereupon title shall revert to those entitled thereto by law and no further conveyance or proof of reversion of title shall be required.
(Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, § 4, 50 Stat. 670; June 29, 1940, ch. 459, § 1, 54 Stat. 702; Mar. 6, 1946, ch. 50, 60 Stat. 32.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1946—Act Mar. 6, 1946, substituted “fifteen years” for “ten years” before “from August 17, 1937”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
16 U.S.C. § 459a–3 (CONSERVATION)
§ 459a–3. Migratory bird refuges not to be affected
Notwithstanding any other provisions of sections 459 to 459a–3 of this title, lands and waters on or after August 17, 1937, included in any migratory bird refuge under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, within the boundaries of the national seashore recreational area as designated by the Secretary of the Interior under section 459 of this title, shall continue as such refuge under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of migratory birds, but such lands and waters shall be a part of the aforesaid national seashore recreational area and shall be administered by the National Park Service for recreational uses not inconsistent with the purposes of such refuge under such rules and regulations as the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may jointly approve. The proviso to section 459 of this title shall not limit the power of the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire lands for any migratory bird refuge by purchase with any funds made available therefor by applicable law.
(Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, § 5, 50 Stat. 670; June 29, 1940, ch. 459, § 1, 54 Stat. 702.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
16 U.S.C. § 459a–4 (CONSERVATION)
§ 459a–4. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, acts June 3, 1948, ch. 393, 62 Stat. 301; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 105(a), 63 Stat. 381, which transferred lands in Dare County, North Carolina, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior to be administered as a part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area project, is omitted in view of Pub. L. 87–313, set out as a note under this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Disposal of Lands
text: Pub. L. 87–313, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 675, provided: “That the tract of Federal property comprising eight and one-tenth acres of land situated in Dare County, North Carolina, approximately two miles north of Kitty Hawk, which was transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior by the Act of June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 301; 16 U.S.C. 459a [this section]), to be administered as a part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, may be disposed of by the Administrator of General Services in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [see chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of Title 41, Public Contracts].”