16 USC § 410gggg - Homestead National Historical Park; establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s410gggg"
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title: "16 USC § 410gggg - Homestead National Historical Park; establishment"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "410gggg"
section_name: "Homestead National Historical Park; establishment"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LIX–EEE"
subchapter_name: "HOMESTEAD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 157, § 1, 49 Stat. 1184; Pub. L. 116–328, § 1(a), Jan. 13, 2021, 134 Stat. 5099.)"
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# § 410gggg. Homestead National Historical Park; establishment

May 20, 1862

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, the south half of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 26, township 4 north, range 5 east, of the sixth principal meridian, Gage County, Nebraska, the same being the first homestead entered upon under the General Homestead Act of , by Daniel Freeman, and that when so acquired, the said area be designated the “Homestead National Historical Park”.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 157, § 1, 49 Stat. 1184; Pub. L. 116–328, § 1(a), Jan. 13, 2021, 134 Stat. 5099.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The General Homestead Act, referred to in text, is , . See chapter 7 (§ 161 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

2021— substituted “designated the ‘Homestead National Historical Park’.” for “designated ‘The Homestead National Monument of America.’ ”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

> “Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the unit of the National Park System known as ‘The Homestead National Monument of America’ shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘Homestead National Historical Park’.”

, , , provided that:

### Homestead National Monument of America Additions

, , , known as the Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act, provided for addition of certain parcels of private and State-owned land to the Homestead National Monument of America and authorized appropriations and cooperative agreements with the appropriate State and local governments.

, , , provided for addition of the Freeman School to the Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska and authorized appropriation of not more than $50,000 for rehabilitation and development of the Freeman School.