Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§460u–19 Acquisition of Land Outside Present Boundaries; Notice to Congressional Committees; Publication in Federal Register
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXIX — INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK › § 460u–19
Summary
The Secretary can take ownership of land or land interests that lie outside but touch the park (or touch lands added under this rule) if he decides those lands will make an important contribution to the park’s purpose. Before doing so he must tell, in writing, the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs why, publish a notice in the Federal Register, and then manage the land as part of the park.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460u–19
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
After notifying the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress, in writing, of his intentions to do so and of the reasons therefor, the Secretary may, if he finds that such lands would make a significant contribution to the purposes for which the Park was established, accept title to any lands, or interests in lands, located outside the present boundaries of the Park but contiguous thereto or to lands acquired under this section, such lands the State of Indiana or its political subdivisions may acquire and offer to donate to the United States or which any private person, organization, or public or private corporation may offer to donate to the United States and he shall administer such lands as a part of the Park after publishing notice to that effect in the Federal Register.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—Pub. L. 116–6 substituted “Park” for “lakeshore” wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the “Committee System Reorganization
Amendments
of 1977”), approved Feb. 4, 1977. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460u–19
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102