16 U.S.C. § 262 : US Code - Section 262: Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States

Search 16 U.S.C. § 262 : US Code - Section 262: Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States

The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as
determined pursuant to this subchapter, shall comprise not less
than six thousand acres and shall not exceed fifty thousand acres,
and lands may be added to the park following its establishment
within the aforesaid limitations. The park shall not include any
land within the city limits of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky;
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; which the proper officials thereof shall
indicate to the Secretary of the Interior prior to the
establishment of said park are required for expansion of said
cities.
(a) The consent of Congress is given to the States of Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Virginia to enter into a compact providing for (1)
the acquisition of the lands, structures, and other property in the
Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas referred to in section 261 of
this title, and (2) the transfer of title to such lands,
structures, and other property to the United States.
(b) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is
expressly reserved.