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16 USC § 450dd - De Soto National Memorial; establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s450dd"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 450dd - De Soto National Memorial; establishment"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "450dd"
section_name: "De Soto National Memorial; establishment"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXI"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 11, 1948, ch. 109, § 1, 62 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 86–728, § 1A, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 856.)"
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# 1 De Soto National Memorial; establishment

So in original. Probably should be “purchasable”.

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For the purpose of establishing an appropriate memorial to Hernando De Soto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire on behalf of the United States, by donation, by purchase with donated funds when purchaseable  at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation with donated funds, such lands and interests in land within an area of not to exceed thirty acres as he may select in the vicinity of Tampa Bay and Bradenton, Florida, and to construct thereon a suitable memorial structure, together with such connecting roads and public facilities as may be desirable.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 11, 1948, ch. 109, § 1, 62 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 86–728, § 1A, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 856.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1960— increased limitation on acquisition of land from twenty-five to thirty acres.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Authorization of Appropriations

> “There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $292,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act [sections 450dd and 450dd–1 of this title].”

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