§ 262. Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States

§ 262. Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States

(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.

(June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263; May 26, 1943, ch. 103, § 2, 57 Stat. 85.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1943—Act May 26, 1943, among other changes, inserted minimum acreage limitation in first par. and added pars. (a) and (b).