Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§459 Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area; Conditional Establishment; Acquisition of Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXIII — NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459
Summary
When the U.S. owns all lands, except inside village limits, in about 100 square miles on Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke, Collington and adjacent waters and seabed, the area becomes Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area for the people's enjoyment. U.S. must not buy them with public funds; only donations.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §459
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
When title to all the lands, except those within the limits of established villages, within boundaries to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately one hundred square miles on the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke, and Collington, and the waters and the lands beneath the waters adjacent thereto shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be, and is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a national seashore recreational area for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 459
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110