Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§404d Acceptance of Title to Lands; Reservations; Leases; Rights-of-way and Easements
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XLVII— MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404d
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept land given free inside Mammoth Cave National Park. He can keep leases that came with the land if he approves them and they do not last longer than the lifetime of the person who granted the land. He may also lease park land to prior occupants—people for their lifetime or organizations for up to 20 years (renewable at his choice). He may accept land with reserved rights‑of‑way or easements.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §404d
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept title to lands tendered without cost to the United States within the area of the Mammoth Cave National Park, subject to leases entered into and granted as part consideration in connection with the purchase of said land for tender to the United States for park purposes, but not exceeding in length of term the life of the particular grantor or grantors: Provided, That said leases and the terms and conditions thereof shall have previously been submitted to and approved by said Secretary: And provided further, That he may lease upon such terms and conditions as he deems proper any lands within the aforesaid areas when such use shall not be deemed by him inconsistent with the purposes for which the lands were acquired on behalf of the United States, to persons, educational or religious institutions, private corporations, associations, and partnerships previously occupying such land for terms not exceeding the particular lifetime in the case of natural persons, and not exceeding twenty years in all other cases, which latter leases may be renewed in the discretion of said Secretary: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may accept lands for these parks subject to reservations of rights-of-way and easements.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Provisions of act Feb. 4, 1932, § 2, relating to the Shenandoah National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and to the Isle Royale National Park, are classified to section 403e and 408c of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 404d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60