§101113 — Title 54 National Park Service and Related Programs | U.S. Code

Summary

The National Park Foundation can accept and manage donations of land, property, money, or income from them to help or work with the National Park Service. Before taking or using such gifts, the Foundation must talk with the Director to make sure the gift fits the Service’s programs and policies. The Foundation may also accept gifts that have restrictions or private interests if any current or future part benefits the Service. The Foundation must not accept a gift that would require spending money beyond the Foundation’s own resources. Interest in real property means things like easements or other rights that help preserve, protect, conserve, or improve public natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources.

Title 54, §101113

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(a)(1)The National Park Foundation may accept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, devises, or bequests, either absolutely or in trust of real or personal property, or any income from, or other interest in, the gift, devise, or bequest, for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Service, its activities, or its services.

(2)Activities of the National Park Foundation under paragraph (1) shall be undertaken after consultation with the Director to ensure that those activities are consistent with the programs and policies of the Service.

(3)A gift, devise, or bequest may be accepted by the National Park Foundation even though it is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private persons if any current or future interest in the gift, devise, or bequest is for the benefit of the Service, its activities, or its services.

(b)The National Park Foundation may not accept any gift, devise, or bequest that entails any expenditure other than from the resources of the Foundation.

(c)For purposes of this section, an interest in real property includes easements or other rights for preservation, conservation, protection, or enhancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 101113(a)(1)16 U.S.C. 19g (1st sentence words before proviso).Pub. L. 90–209, § 3, Dec. 18, 1967, 81 Stat. 656. 101113(a)(2)16 U.S.C. 19g (last sentence). 101113(b)16 U.S.C. 19g (1st sentence proviso). 101113(c)16 U.S.C. 19g (2d sentence). In subsection (c), the words “among other things” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 114–289 added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).

§101113 Gifts, devises, or bequests