16 USC § 450ee - Fort Sumter National Monument; establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s450ee"
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title: "16 USC § 450ee - Fort Sumter National Monument; establishment"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "450ee"
section_name: "Fort Sumter National Monument; 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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Apr. 28, 1948, ch. 239, § 1, 62 Stat. 204.)"
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# § 450ee. Fort Sumter National Monument; establishment

The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to transfer, without consideration, to the Secretary of the Interior title to the site of the historic structure known as Fort Sumter, situated in Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, together with such buildings and other improvements as are appurtenant to such site.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 28, 1948, ch. 239, § 1, 62 Stat. 204.)