16 U.S.C. § 407s

Administration and operation of properties; use of funds; contracts

Read at: OLRCuscode.house.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov JustiaTitle 16 CasesGoogle Scholar

Following the acquisition by the Federal Government of properties pursuant to this subchapter and until such time as the buildings thereon are demolished or the properties and buildings thereon are devoted to purposes of the Independence National Historical Park as provided herein, the Secretary is authorized, with respect to the said properties, to administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain such properties, and lease, demolish, or remove buildings, or space in buildings thereon, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest. Any funds received from leasing the said properties, buildings thereon, or space in buildings thereon, shall be deposited to the credit of a special receipt account and expended for purposes of operating, maintaining, and managing the said properties and demolishing or removing the buildings thereon. The Secretary, in his discretion and notwithstanding other requirements of law, may exercise and carry out the functions authorized herein by entering into agreements or contracts with public or private agencies, corporations, or persons, upon such terms and conditions as he deems to be appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2011–2024 · leading case: Constitutional Guided Walking Tours, LLC v. Indep. Visitor Ctr. Corp., 804 F. Supp. 2d 320 (E.D. Pa. 2011).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Constitutional Guided Walking Tours, LLC v. Indep. Visitor Ctr. Corp., 804 F. Supp. 2d 320 (E.D. Pa. 2011). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs assert that "The discrete actions NPS was obligated by law to take with regard to the Independence Visitor Center are clear: the NPS was "to administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain” properties at INHP pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 407s.” (Resp. Mot. Dismiss, 19.”

Johnson v. City of Philadelphia (E.D. Pa. 2024). · cites it 2× “” 16 U.S.C. § 407s. In implementing that charge, NPS promulgated the 2006 National Park Service Management Policies, which the Government states (and Johnson does not contest) were in place when Johnson fell.”

LEVITT v. United States (E.D. Pa. 2022). “” 16 U.S.C.A. § 407s (emphasis added). Although there is no written policy, the Park manages its walkways in line with the Management Policies’ general directives, and its maintenance plan “balance[s] the interest of visitor safety within the constraints imposed by the Park’s…”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.