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Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110

§100754 Relinquishment of Legislative Jurisdiction

Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1007 — RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER IV — ADMINISTRATION › § 100754

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give part of the United States’ law-making control over System land or land interests to a State, a territory, or a U.S. possession. The transfer can be done by filing a notice with the State or territory’s top official to take effect when accepted, or by using the State or territory’s own laws for such transfers. Before finishing any transfer, the Secretary must send the proposed agreement to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and wait 60 calendar days. The Secretary must also try to make arrangements so the United States and the State or territory share law-making control inside System units when practical.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §100754

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(a)In General.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may relinquish to a State or a territory (including a possession) of the United States part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over System land or interests in land in that State or territory. Relinquishment may be accomplished—
(1)by filing with the chief executive official of the State or territory a notice of relinquishment to take effect on acceptance; or
(2)as the laws of the State or territory may otherwise provide.
(b)Submission of Agreement to Congress.—
Prior to consummating a relinquishment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the proposed agreement to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The Secretary shall not finalize the agreement until 60 calendar days after the submission has elapsed.
(c)Concurrent Legislative Jurisdiction.—
The Secretary shall diligently pursue the consummation of arrangements with each State or territory within which a System unit is located so that insofar as practicable the United States shall exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction within System units.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10075416 U.S.C. 1a–3.Pub. L. 91–383, § 6, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1939; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583. In this section, the words “territory (including a possession)” are substituted for “territory, or possession” the 1st time the words appear for clarity, because a possession is a category of territory, that is, one that has very little local autonomy. In subsequent instances, the word “territory” is used in an equivalent sense. The word “Commonwealth” is omitted as being included in “territory (including a possession)”.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 100754

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110