**(a) Presidential Declaration.—** The President may, in the President’s discretion, declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government to be national monuments.
**(b) Reservation of Land.—** The President may reserve parcels of land as a part of the national monuments. The limits of the parcels shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.
**(c) Relinquishment to Federal Government.—** When an object is situated on a parcel covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the parcel, or so much of the parcel as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Federal Government and the Secretary may accept the relinquishment of the parcel on behalf of the Federal Government.
**(d) Limitation on Extension or Establishment of National Monuments in Wyoming.—** No extension or establishment of national monuments in Wyoming may be undertaken except by express authorization of Congress.
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**(a) Presidential Declaration.—** The President may, in the President’s discretion, declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government to be national monuments.
**(b) Reservation of Land.—** The President may reserve parcels of land as a part of the national monuments. The limits of the parcels shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.
**(c) Relinquishment to Federal Government.—** When an object is situated on a parcel covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the parcel, or so much of the parcel as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Federal Government and the Secretary may accept the relinquishment of the parcel on behalf of the Federal Government.
**(d) Limitation on Extension or Establishment of National Monuments in Wyoming.—** No extension or establishment of national monuments in Wyoming may be undertaken except by express authorization of Congress.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 320301. National monuments
(a) PRESIDENTIAL
DECLARATION.—The Presi-
dent may, in the President’s discretion, declare
by public proclamation historic landmarks, his-
toric and prehistoric structures, and other ob-
jects of historic or scientific interest that are
situated on land owned or controlled by the Fed-
eral Government to be national monuments.
(b) RESERVATION OF LAND.—The President may
reserve parcels of land as a part of the national
monuments. The limits of the parcels shall be
confined to the smallest area compatible with
the proper care and management of the objects
to be protected.
(c) RELINQUISHMENT
TO
FEDERAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—When an object is situated on a parcel
covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held
in private ownership, the parcel, or so much of
the parcel as may be necessary for the proper
care and management of the object, may be re-
linquished to the Federal Government and the
Secretary may accept the relinquishment of the
parcel on behalf of the Federal Government.
(d) LIMITATION
ON EXTENSION
OR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN WYOMING.—No
extension or establishment of national monu-
ments in Wyoming may be undertaken except by
express authorization of Congress.
(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3259.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
320301(a)
through
(c).
16 U.S.C. 431.
June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, § 2, 34
Stat. 225.
320301(d) .....
16 U.S.C. 431a.
Sept. 14, 1950, ch. 950, § 1
(proviso relating to na-
tional
monuments),
64
Stat. 849.
In subsection (c), the word ‘‘parcel’’ is substituted for
‘‘tract’’ for consistency in this section.
In subsection (d), the word ‘‘further’’ is omitted as
obsolete.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS ESTABLISH