Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§408a Acceptance of Title to Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LII— ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK › § 408a
Summary
Interior Secretary may accept free ownership of land for the United States on those islands if he gets proof of ownership he finds acceptable and thinks the land is needed for national parks.
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Title 16, §408a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands located on said islands offered to the United States, without cost, as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes.
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16 U.S.C. § 408a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60