40 USC § 8126 - Temporary occupancy of Potomac Park by Secretary of Agriculture

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title: "40 USC § 8126 - Temporary occupancy of Potomac Park by Secretary of Agriculture"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "8126"
section_name: "Temporary occupancy of Potomac Park by Secretary of Agriculture"
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chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE"
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subchapter_name: "JURISDICTION"
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part_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1207.)"
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# § 8126. Temporary occupancy of Potomac Park by Secretary of Agriculture

**(a)** **Not More Than 75 Acres.—** The Director of the National Park Service may allow the Secretary of Agriculture to temporarily occupy as a testing ground not more than 75 acres of Potomac Park not needed in any one season for reclamation or park improvement. The Secretary shall vacate the area at the close of any season on the request of the Director.

**(b)** **Continue as Public Park Under Director.—** This section does not change the essential character of the land used, which shall continue to be a public park under the charge of the Director.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1207.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8126(a) | 40:89 (words before provisos, 2d proviso). | Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 458, § 2 (2d par.), 30 Stat. 1378. |
| 8126(b) | 40:89 (1st, last provisos). |  |

For transfer of functions from the Secretary of War to the Director of the National Park Service, see the revision note under .

In subsection (a), the words “of such area or areas” and “in extent” are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b), the words “as provided in ” are omitted as obsolete.