20 U.S.C. § 191 | Establishment; site; acquisition of land

ProvidedThe Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to establish and maintain a national arboretum for purposes of research and education concerning tree and plant life. For the purposes of this chapter, (1) the President is authorized to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture by Executive order any land which now belongs to the United States within or adjacent to the District of Columbia located along the Anacostia River north of Benning Bridge, and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his discretion to acquire, within the limits of the appropriation authorized by this chapter by private purchase, condemnation proceedings, or gift, land so located or other land within or adjacent to the District of Columbia: , That the purchase price of any part of said land shall not exceed the full value assessment of such property last made before purchase thereof plus 25 per centum of such assessed value.

Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, § 1 44 Stat. 1422 (, .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Facilities To House Bonsai Collections

Pub. L. 103–111, title IOct. 21, 1993107 Stat. 1051

Public Law 94–129 20 U.S.C. 195August 24, 191240 U.S.C. 68 40 U.S.C. 8106“That hereafter, facilities to house bonsai collections at the National Arboretum may be constructed with funds accepted under the provisions of () and the limitation on construction contained in the Act of () [now ] shall not apply to the construction of such facilities”.

, , , provided in part:

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:

Pub. L. 102–341, title IAug. 14, 1992106 Stat. 878 , , .

Pub. L. 102–142, title IOct. 28, 1991105 Stat. 883 , , .

Pub. L. 101–506, title INov. 5, 1990104 Stat. 1320 , , .

Pub. L. 101–161, title INov. 21, 1989103 Stat. 956 , , .

Pub. L. 100–460, title IOct. 1, 1988102 Stat. 2234 , , .

Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(k) [title I]Dec. 22, 1987101 Stat. 1329–322 , , , 1329–327.

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(a) [title I]Oct. 18, 1986100 Stat. 1783 Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(a) [title I]Oct. 30, 1986100 Stat. 3341 , , , 1783–5, and , , , 3341–5.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

June 4, 195367 Stat. 633 Functions of all officers, agencies and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Delegation of Functions

July 22, 1971section 301 of Title 3Authority of President under this section to transfer to jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of this chapter any land belonging to United States within or adjacent to District of Columbia located along Anacostia River north of Benning Bridge delegated to Administrator of General Services, see section 1(18) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, , 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under , The President.