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

§101102 Authority to Accept and Use Funds to Consolidate Federal Land Ownership

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— National Park System › Chapter 1011— DONATIONS › Subchapter I— AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY › § 101102

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can take and spend donated money to help bring land inside the current borders of any System unit into federal ownership. The Secretary can also ask people to donate money, but donated money can only be spent if the federal government provides the same amount in funding for that purpose. Each year, no more than $500,000 may be provided by the government to match those donated funds.

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Title 54, §101102

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(a)The Secretary may—

(1)accept and use funds that may be donated in order to consolidate Federal land ownership within the existing boundaries of any System unit; and

(2)encourage the donation of funds for that purpose, subject to the condition that donated funds are to be expended for purposes of this section only if Federal funds in an amount equal to the amount of the donated funds are appropriated for the purposes of this section.

(b)There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year not more than $500,000 to match funds that are donated for those purposes.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10110216 U.S.C. 452a.Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1163, 68 Stat. 1037. In subsection (b), the words “not more than $500,000” are substituted for “such funds as may be necessary” and the text of 16 U.S.C. 45a (proviso) to eliminate unnecessary words.

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54 U.S.C. § 101102

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60