Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§410aaa–28 Visitor Center

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y — CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part B — Joshua Tree National Park › § 410aaa–28

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can acquire up to 5 acres of land and any buildings outside the park in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree to operate a visitor center. That land will be added to the park as a noncontiguous parcel. It may include the property owned on March 12, 2019 by the Joshua Tree National Park Association called the "Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center." The Secretary will manage it as part of the park, and the land can be obtained only with the owner’s consent by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410aaa–28

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(a)In general

The Secretary may acquire not more than 5 acres of land and interests in land, and improvements on the land and interests, outside the boundaries of the park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, for the purpose of operating a visitor center.

(b)Boundary

The Secretary shall modify the boundary of the park to include the land acquired under this section as a noncontiguous parcel.

(c)Administration

Land and facilities acquired under this section— (1)

(2)shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the park; and

(3)may be acquired only with the consent of the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined section 103 of Pub. L. 103–433 provided in part that in this subchapter “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–28

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110