Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§403d Lease of lands within Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403d
Summary
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to lease land in Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks for up to two years to occupants or prior owners, under conditions he sets.
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Title 16, §403d
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to lease lands within the Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park for periods not exceeding two years, upon such conditions as he may in his discretion deem proper, to persons and educational or religious institutions occupying same or who had or claim to have had some interest in the title to the same prior to the establishment of the park.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 403d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73