Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§404a Acceptance of Title to Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVII — MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept, for the United States, ownership of lands in the Mammoth Cave National Park area that are bought with money raised by the Mammoth Cave National Park Association of Kentucky or other contributions. Those lands can also be donated to the United States at no cost and transferred as full ownership.
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Title 16, §404a
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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 404 of this title, and to be purchased with the funds which may be subscribed by or through the Mammoth Cave National Park Association of Kentucky, and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Mammoth Cave National Park area: Provided, That any of said lands may be donated directly to the United States and conveyed to it, cost free, by fee-simple title, in cases where such donations may be made without the necessity of purchase.
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16 U.S.C. § 404a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102