16 U.S.C. § 404
Section 404 · Establishment; boundaries
Amended 1 time on record
When title to lands within the area referred to in this section shall have been vested in the United States in fee simple, there shall be, and there is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, the tract of land in the Mammoth Cave region in the State of Kentucky, being approximately seventy thousand six hundred and eighteen acres, recommended as a National Park by the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission to the Secretary of the Interior, in its report of April 8, 1926, and made under authority of the Act of February 21, 1925 (chapter 281, 43 Statutes 958); which area, or any part or parts thereof as may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be known as the Mammoth Cave 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 or private donation.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
Act of February 21, 1925, referred to in text, was not classified to the Code.
Cross References
Acquisition of additional lands for Mammoth Cave National Park, see section 404f of this title.
Donations of money for acquisition of lands for Mammoth Cave National Park to be accepted by Secretary of the Interior and such lands to be acquired by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, see section 404e of this title.