Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§403h–14 Authorization to Transfer Additional Lands for Scenic Parkway
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVI — SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403h–14
Summary
Up to 360 acres of Cherokee National Forest in Cocke County, Tennessee, along Foothills Parkway section 8A may be transferred to the Interior Secretary. Upon Federal Register publication, the land becomes part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and used for the scenic parkway under section 403h–11.
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Title 16, §403h–14
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby authorized to accept such transfer, not to exceed three hundred and sixty acres of national forest land in Cocke County, Tennessee, now part of the Cherokee National Forest, located within and adjacent to the right-of-way for section 8A of the Foothills Parkway between Tennessee Highway Numbered 32 and the Pigeon River. Upon publication in the Federal Register of an order of transfer by the Secretary of Agriculture, the lands so transferred shall be a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and available for the scenic parkway as authorized by section 403h–11 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 403h–14
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102