Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§4602 Gifts and Bequests
Title 16 › CHAPTER 66 — TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA PROGRAM › § 4602
Summary
The Secretary may accept, hold, manage, and invest money or property donations to support the TPIA Program and must record them. Donations count as gifts to the United States, are not subject to sequestration, and must be used in line with the donor's terms.
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Title 16, §4602
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(a)Authority
The Secretary may solicit, accept, hold, administer, invest in government securities, and use gifts and bequests of money and other personal property to aid or facilitate the purposes of the TPIA Program. Property so donated and accepted shall not be subject to sequestration.
(b)Accounting
The Secretary shall maintain a full accounting of such gifts and bequests.
(c)Treatment of donations, etc.
For purposes of Federal law, property accepted pursuant to this section shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise to the United States.
(d)Use of property
Any property and the proceeds thereof shall be used as nearly as practicable in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest.
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16 U.S.C. § 4602
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110