Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§403a Acceptance of Title to Lands

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVI — SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may accept ownership, for the United States, of lands bought for Shenandoah National Park with $1,200,000 provided by the State of Virginia, the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia, and other contributors. He may also accept ownership of lands bought for Great Smoky Mountains National Park with $1,066,693 provided by the State of Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association, Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina), and other contributors.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §403a

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept as hereinafter provided on behalf of the United States title to the lands referred to in section 403 of this title and to be purchased with the $1,200,000 which has been subscribed by the State of Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Shenandoah National Park area, and with the $1,066,693 which has been subscribed by the State of Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association and by the Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina) and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403a

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102