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[CITE: 16USC423l-4]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
 
Sec. 423l-4. Land acquisition


(a) Acquisition authority

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary may acquire lands, waters, and interests in lands 
    within the boundaries of the battlefield park from willing 
    landowners by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
    or exchange. In acquiring lands and interests in lands under this 
    title, the Secretary shall acquire the minimum interest necessary to 
    achieve the purposes for which the battlefield is established.

                 (2) Special rule for private lands

        Privately owned lands or interests in lands may be acquired 
    under sections 423l-1 to 423l-6 of this title only with the consent 
    of the owner.

(b) Easements

                       (1) Outside boundaries

        The Secretary may acquire an easement on property outside the 
    boundaries of the battlefield park and around the City of Richmond, 
    with the consent of the owner, if the Secretary determines that the 
    easement is necessary to protect core Civil War resources as 
    identified by the Civil War Sites Advisory Committee. Upon 
    acquisition of the easement, the Secretary shall revise the 
    boundaries of the battlefield park to include the property subject 
    to the easement.

                        (2) Inside boundaries

        To the extent practicable, and if preferred by a willing 
    landowner, the Secretary shall use permanent conservation easements 
    to acquire interests in land in lieu of acquiring land in fee simple 
    and thereby removing land from non-Federal ownership.

(c) Visitor center

    The Secretary may acquire the Tredegar Iron Works buildings and 
associated land in the City of Richmond for use as a visitor center for 
the battlefield park.

(Pub. L. 106-511, title V, Sec. 504, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2374.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 423l-1 to 423l-6 of this title, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(2), was in the original ``this title'', meaning title V of Pub. L. 
106-511, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2373, which enacted sections 423l-1 to 
423l-6 of this title and repealed sections 423j to 423l of this title. 
For complete classification of title V to the Code, see Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 423l-1, 423l-2, 423l-5, 
423l-6 of this title.
