Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 450kk–1

Establishment; publication in Federal Register; additional properties

section 450kk of this titleUpon a determination of the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient land and other property have been acquired by the United States for national-monument purposes, as provided in , such property shall be established as the “Fort Union National Monument” and thereafter shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to national monuments. An order of the Secretary, constituting notice of such establishment, shall be published in the Federal Register.

section 450kk of this titleProvidedsection 450kk of this titleFollowing establishment of the national monument, additional properties may be acquired as provided in , which properties, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, shall become a part of the national monument: , That the total area of the national monument established pursuant to this section and shall not exceed one thousand acres, exclusive of such adjoining lands as may be covered by scenic easements.

June 28, 1954, ch. 401, § 268 Stat. 299(, .)