Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

16 U.S.C. § 430p

U.S. CodeFederal
Right of States to enter and mark battle lines
About This Law
/us/usc/t16/s430p
Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

Highlight any text to annotate
It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had troops at the Battle of Monocacy to enter upon the lands and approaches of the battlefield for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the line of battle of troops engaged therein: Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and shall first receive written approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no discrimination shall be made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of the Interior may be used by any other State. (June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 7, 48 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 319(7), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2738.) Editorial Notes Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “battlefield” for “Monocacy National Military Park” and “: Provided further,” for “, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the National Park Service: Provided,”.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.