Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§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
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept, for the United States, lands for Shenandoah National Park bought with $1,200,000 subscribed by Virginia and park groups. He may also accept lands for Great Smoky Mountains National Park bought with $1,066,693 subscribed by Tennessee and local conservation groups.
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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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16 U.S.C. § 403a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60