Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§403h–14 Authorization to transfer additional lands for scenic parkway
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403h–14
Summary
Agriculture may transfer up to 360 acres of Cherokee National Forest in Cocke County, Tennessee (Foothills Parkway sec. 8A between TN Hwy 32 and Pigeon River) to Interior. When published in the Federal Register, the land joins Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the scenic parkway.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §403h–14
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby authorized to accept such transfer, not to exceed three hundred and sixty acres of national forest land in Cocke County, Tennessee, now part of the Cherokee National Forest, located within and adjacent to the right-of-way for section 8A of the Foothills Parkway between Tennessee Highway Numbered 32 and the Pigeon River. Upon publication in the Federal Register of an order of transfer by the Secretary of Agriculture, the lands so transferred shall be a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and available for the scenic parkway as authorized by section 403h–11 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 403h–14
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73