Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§45g Addition to Sequoia National Park

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 45g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

As soon as possible after December 28, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior must obtain the land shown on a map called "Dillonwood" (map no. 102/80,044, dated September 1999) by gift, by purchase using donated or appropriated funds, or by land exchange. After the land is obtained, the Secretary of the Interior must add it to Sequoia National Park and manage it like the rest of the park under the same laws, and the Secretary of Agriculture must change the Sequoia National Forest boundaries to remove that land.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §45g

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(a)As soon as practicable after December 28, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior shall acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, all interest in and to the land described in subsection (b) for addition to Sequoia National Park, California.

(b)The land referred to in subsection (a) is the land depicted on the map entitled “Dillonwood”, numbered 102/80,044, and dated September 1999.

(c)Upon acquisition of the land under subsection (a)—

(1)the Secretary of the Interior shall—

(A)modify the boundaries of Sequoia National Park to include the land within the park; and

(B)administer the land as part of Sequoia National Park in accordance with all applicable laws; and

(2)the Secretary of Agriculture shall modify the boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest to exclude the land from the forest boundaries.

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 45g

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73