---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 428p–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "428p–1"
heading: "Land acquisition related to Fort Donelson National Battlefield"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/428p-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LX — National Military Parks"
---

# §428p–1. Land acquisition related to Fort Donelson National Battlefield

- (a) **Acquisition authority—** Subject to subsections [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) land, interests in land, and improvements thereon for inclusion in the Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Such land, interests in land, and improvements may be acquired by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) only by purchase from willing sellers with appropriated or donated funds, by donation, or by exchange with willing [owners](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4).
- (b) **Land eligible for acquisition—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) land, interests in land, and improvements thereon under [subsection (a)](#a)—
  - (1) within the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield described in [section 428p(b) of this title](/usc/16/428p.md?p=b); and
  - (2) outside such boundaries if the land has been identified by the American Battlefield Protection Program as part of the battlefield associated with Fort Donelson or if the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) otherwise determines that [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) under [subsection (a)](#a) will protect critical resources associated with the Battle of Fort Donelson in 1862 and the Union campaign that resulted in the capture of Fort Donelson.
- (c) **Boundary revision—** Upon [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of land or interests in land described in [subsection (b)(2)](#b-2), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall revise the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to include the acquired property.
- (d) **Limitation on total acreage of park—** The total [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) encompassed by the Fort Donelson National Battlefield may not exceed 2,000 acres.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–367, § 3, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1743.)