Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§403h–15 Conveyances to Tennessee of Lands Within 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 › § 403h–15

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interior Secretary may transfer to Tennessee, with conditions to protect park beauty, about 28 acres from Rt. 72 (U.S. 129) and about 41 acres from Rt. 73 east of Gatlinburg in GSMNP.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §403h–15

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to the State of Tennessee, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary to preserve the natural beauty of the adjacent park lands, approximately twenty-eight acres of land comprising a portion of the right-of-way of Tennessee State Route 72 (U.S. 129), and approximately forty-one acres comprising portions of the right-of-way of Tennessee State Route 73 east of Gatlinburg, which are within the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403h–15

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102