Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 262: Total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States
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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. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
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