Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§403a Acceptance of title to lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary of the Interior choose to accept ownership of lands for the United States that were bought for Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Shenandoah purchases used $1,200,000 subscribed by the State of Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia plus other contributions, and the Great Smoky Mountains purchases used $1,066,693 subscribed by the State of Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association, and Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina) plus other contributions.

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Title 16, §403a

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept as hereinafter provided on behalf of the United States title to the lands referred to in section 403 of this title and to be purchased with the $1,200,000 which has been subscribed by the State of Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Shenandoah National Park area, and with the $1,066,693 which has been subscribed by the State of Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association and by the Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina) and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403a

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73