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[CITE: 16USC156]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII--BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 156. Establishment; boundaries

    When title to such lands as may be determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior as necessary for recreational park purposes within the 
boundaries to be determined by him within the area of approximately one 
million five hundred thousand acres, in the counties of Brewster and 
Presidio, in the State of Texas, known as the ``Big Bend'' area, shall 
have been vested in the United States, such lands shall be established, 
dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment 
of the people and shall be known as the ``Big Bend National Park'': 
Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of 
public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall 
be secured by the United States only by public and private donations.

(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 393.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 157, 157d of this title.
