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§353 Leases

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXXIX— DENALI NATIONAL PARK › § 353

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary can lease up to 20 acres for 20-year terms for visitors, permit concessions, and remove mature, dead, or down timber to protect and improve the park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §353

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The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding twenty acres in extent for periods not to exceed twenty years whenever such ground is necessary for the erection of establishments for the accommodation of visitors; may grant such other necessary privileges and concessions as he deems wise for the accommodation of visitors; and may likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary and advisable for the protection and improvement of the park.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1928—Act May 21, 1928, repealed provision that no appropriation for the maintenance of the park in excess of $10,000 annually should be made unless expressly authorized by law.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 353

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60