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

§101332 General Authority of Secretary

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— National Park System › Chapter 1013— EMPLOYEES › Subchapter III— HOUSING IMPROVEMENT › § 101332

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can provide and rent field employee housing, on or off land the Service manages, when needed and justified, and may combine different legal authorities to do so. The Secretary cannot use land for housing if it would harm a main resource value of the area or hurt the Service’s mission. As much as possible, rents must be set based on the housing’s reasonable value under section 5911 of title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §101332

National Park Service and Related Programs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)To enhance the ability of the Secretary, acting through the Director, to effectively manage System units, the Secretary may where necessary and justified—
(1)make available employee housing, on or off land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Service; and
(2)rent that housing to field employees at rates based on the reasonable value of the housing in accordance with requirements applicable under section 5911 of title 5.
(b)The Secretary may use authorities granted by statute in combination with one another in the furtherance of providing where necessary and justified affordable field employee housing.
(c)The Secretary may not utilize any land for the purposes of providing field employee housing under this subchapter that will affect a primary resource value of the area or adversely affect the mission of the Service.
(d)To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall establish rental rates for all quarters occupied by field employees of the Service that are based on the reasonable value of the quarters in accordance with requirements applicable under section 5911 of title 5.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 101332(a)16 U.S.C. 17o(2).Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(a)(2), (17)(A), (B), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4190, 4193. 101332(b)16 U.S.C. 17o(9).Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(a)(9), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 120(a)(1)(C), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 28. 101332(c)16 U.S.C. 17o(17)(A). 101332(d)16 U.S.C. 17o(17)(B). In subsection (a)(2), the words “or lease” are omitted to distinguish between leasing property and renting employee housing.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

54 U.S.C. § 101332

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60