Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 450a

Chalmette, Louisiana, Monument

ProvidedProvided furtherThe sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of a monument to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the battle of New Orleans in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, said monument to be completed under the direction and approval of the Secretary of the Army: , That the State of Louisiana shall cede and transfer its jurisdiction to the property on which said monument is to be completed in accordance with the provisions of act numbered forty-one of the legislature of that State, approved July nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two: , That when said monument is completed the responsibility of maintaining the same and keeping the grounds surrounding it shall hereafter rest with the Government of the United States; and there is authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for such expenses.

Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2928 34 Stat. 1411 June 2, 1930, ch. 369 46 Stat. 489 July 26, 1947, ch. 343 61 Stat. 501 (, ; , ; , title II, § 205(a), .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1930—Act , placed responsibility for maintaining monument and grounds with United States Government and authorized appropriations for expenses.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II 61 Stat. 501 act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 70A Stat. 641 Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

section 231 of this titleDesignation of lands on which monument erected as Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, see .

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

section 901 of Title 5act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1 48 Stat. 389 Administrative functions of Chalmette Monument and Grounds, Louisiana transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, and Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, set out as notes under , Government Organization and Employees. National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, by , .