16 USC § 450ll - Booker T. Washington National Monument; acquisition of site

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title: "16 USC § 450ll - Booker T. Washington National Monument; acquisition of site"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "450ll"
section_name: "Booker T. Washington National Monument; acquisition of site"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXI"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Apr. 2, 1956, ch. 158, § 1, 70 Stat. 86.)"
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# § 450ll. Booker T. Washington National Monument; acquisition of site

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, all right, title, and interest in and to the real property located at Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 2, 1956, ch. 158, § 1, 70 Stat. 86.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2002 Amendment

> “This Act [enacting section 450
> 
> –3 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002’.”

, , , provided that:

### Authorization of Appropriations

> “There are authorized to be appropriated such sums not to exceed $600,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act [sections 450
> 
> to 450
> 
> –2 of this title].”

Section 4 of act , as amended by , , , provided that: