Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

§100736 Acquisition of Land by Secretary

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— National Park System › Chapter 1007— RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN SYSTEM UNITS › § 100736

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may buy land or land interests inside any National Park System unit. If an owner in Glacier Bay National Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, or Mount McKinley National Park says keeping a valid right or other property causes or would cause undue hardship, the Secretary must promptly and carefully consider the owner's offer to sell.

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Title 54, §100736

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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of any System unit. The Secretary shall give prompt and careful consideration to any offer made by the owner of any valid right or other property in Glacier Bay National Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, or Mount McKinley National Park to sell the right or other property if the owner notifies the Secretary that the continued ownership of the right or property is causing, or would result in, undue hardship.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10073616 U.S.C. 1911.Pub. L. 94–429, § 12, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1344.

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54 U.S.C. § 100736

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60