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

§305105 Description of Property

Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3051 — HISTORIC LIGHT STATION PRESERVATION › § 305105

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Administrator to write the official legal description when a historic light station is transferred under this law. The Administrator, after consulting the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary, may keep ownership of any historical items at the station (like lenses or lanterns). Those items should be used for telling the station’s story. If they can’t stay there, they should go first to nearby preservation groups or museums that meet loan rules. Items linked to the station but not onsite when it’s transferred stay U.S. property and are managed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Any conditions added to a quitclaim deed stay with the land. No underwater land may be transferred under this law.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §305105

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(a)In General.—
The Administrator shall prepare the legal description of any historic light station conveyed under this chapter. The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary, may retain all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any historical artifact, including any lens or lantern, that is associated with the historic light station and located at the historic light station at the time of conveyance. Wherever possible, the historical artifacts should be used in interpreting the historic light station. In cases where there is no method for preserving lenses and other artifacts and equipment in situ, priority should be given to preservation or museum entities most closely associated with the historic light station, if they meet loan requirements.
(b)Artifacts.—
Artifacts associated with, but not located at, a historic light station at the time of conveyance shall remain the property of the United States under the administrative control of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(c)Covenants.—
All conditions placed with the quitclaim deed of title to the historic light station shall be construed as covenants running with the land.
(d)Submerged Land.—
No submerged land shall be conveyed under this chapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30510516 U.S.C. 470w–7(d).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 308(d), as added Pub. L. 106–355, § 2, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1388. In subsection (a), the words “Secretary of Homeland Security” are substituted for “Commandant, United States Coast Guard” because of 6 U.S.C. 112(a)(2), 468(b) and (h), 551(d), and 552(d) and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002 (H. Doc. No. 108–16, 108th Cong., 1st Sess. (6 U.S.C. 542 note)).

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 305105

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110