Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§282 Acquisition of property; purpose; authority of Secretary; manner and place; donation of State lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXXIII— - SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 282

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may get land, land rights, and other property on San Juan Island in Puget Sound for the United States by donation, by purchase with donated or government funds, or by exchange. The property must be used to preserve and explain the American and English camps and to remember events from 1853–1871, including the Pig War of 1859. If the land is owned by the State of Washington or a local government, the Secretary may only acquire it by donation.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §282

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange, lands, interests in lands, and such other property on San Juan Island, Puget Sound, State of Washington, as the Secretary may deem necessary for the purpose of interpreting and preserving the sites of the American and English camps on the island, and of commemorating the historic events that occurred from 1853 to 1871 on the island in connection with the final settlement of the Oregon Territory boundary dispute, including the so-called Pig War of 1859. Lands or interests therein owned by the State of Washington or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 282

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73