Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§403d Lease of Lands Within Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVI — SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403d
Summary
The Interior Secretary may lease land in Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks for up to two years, on terms he chooses, to occupants or to prior owners/claimants.
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Title 16, §403d
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to lease lands within the Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park for periods not exceeding two years, upon such conditions as he may in his discretion deem proper, to persons and educational or religious institutions occupying same or who had or claim to have had some interest in the title to the same prior to the establishment of the park.
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16 U.S.C. § 403d
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102