§410aaa–28 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

§410aaa–28 Visitor center

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y— - CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part Part B— - Joshua Tree National Park › § 410aaa–28

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may get up to 5 acres of land, rights, and buildings outside the park in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree to run a visitor center. Any land bought this way must be added as a noncontiguous parcel and managed as part of the park. It can include the Joshua Tree National Park Association property owned on March 12, 2019 called the "Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center." The land may be acquired only with the owner’s consent and only by donation, by purchase using donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange.

Title 16, §410aaa–28

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(a)The Secretary may acquire not more than 5 acres of land and interests in land, and improvements on the land and interests, outside the boundaries of the park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, for the purpose of operating a visitor center.

(b)The Secretary shall modify the boundary of the park to include the land acquired under this section as a noncontiguous parcel.

(c)Land and facilities acquired under this section—

(1)may include the property owned (as of March 12, 2019) by the Joshua Tree National Park Association and commonly referred to as the “Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center”;

(2)shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the park; and

(3)may be acquired only with the consent of the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined section 103 of Pub. L. 103–433 provided in part that in this subchapter “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

§410aaa–28 Visitor center

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Title 16, §410aaa–28

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