---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 423a–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "423a–3"
heading: "Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/423a-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LX — National Military Parks"
---

# §423a–3. Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification

- (a) **In general—** The boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield is modified to include the land and interests in land as generally depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) titled “Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Expansion”, numbered 325/80,080, and dated June 2007/March 2016. The [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service.
- (b) **Acquisition of properties—**
  - (1) **Authority—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior (referred to in this section as the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) is authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) the land and interests in land described in [subsection (a)](#a) from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer.
  - (2) **Omitted—**
- (c) **Administration—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall administer any land or interests in land acquired under [subsection (b)](#b) as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- (d) **Administrative jurisdiction transfer—**
  - (1) **In general—** There is transferred—
    - (A) from the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 1.170-acre parcel of land depicted as “[Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) to be transferred to Fort Lee Military Reservation” on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) described in [paragraph (2)](#d-2); and
    - (B) from the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 1.171-acre parcel of land depicted as “[Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) to be transferred to Petersburg National Battlefield” on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) described in [paragraph (2)](#d-2).
  - (2) **Map—** The parcels of land described in [paragraph (1)](#d-1) are depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) titled “Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction”, numbered 325/80,801A, dated May 2011/March 2016. The [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service.
  - (3) **Conditions of transfer—** The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) is subject to the following conditions:
    - (A) **No reimbursement or consideration—** The transfer shall be without reimbursement or consideration.
    - (B) **Management—**
      - (i) **Land transferred to the Secretary of the Army—** The land transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army under [paragraph (1)(A)](#d-1-A) shall be excluded from the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield.
      - (ii) **Land transferred to the Secretary—** The land transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) under [paragraph (1)(B)](#d-1-B)—
        - (I) shall be included within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield; and
        - (II) shall be administered as part of Petersburg National Battlefield in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–328, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2834, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2740.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of section 2834 of Pub. L. 114–328. Subsec. (b)(2) of section 2834 of Pub. L. 114–328 amended section 313(a) of Pub. L. 95–625, 92 Stat. 3479, which is not classified to the Code.