---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 407m–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "407m–2"
heading: "Acquisition of property adjacent to Old Saint Joseph’s Church"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/407m-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LI — Independence National Historical Park"
---

# §407m–2. Acquisition of property adjacent to Old Saint Joseph’s Church


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by donation or with donated funds, or to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by purchase, from the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia the land and interests in land immediately adjacent to, but not including the Old Saint Joseph’s Church property in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which land and interests in land are identified on the records of the city of Philadelphia as 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334 and 336 Walnut Street, for inclusion in the Independence National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3): Provided, That the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall first enter into an agreement with the proprietor or proprietors of the Old Saint Joseph’s Church property, such agreement to contain the usual and customary provisions for the protection and physical maintenance of such church property, without expense to the United States, in keeping with, but not as a part of the nearby Independence National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and providing for its continued use, without limitation or control, for customary church purposes.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 86–273, § 1, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 556.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Appropriations

Section 2 of Pub. L. 86–273 authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $46,200 as were necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.