---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1529"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1529"
heading: "Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1529"
units:
  - "Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce"
---

# §1529. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands


Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of Commerce, whenever the Secretary considers it desirable, may relinquish to a [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), or to a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests under the Secretary’s control in that [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), Commonwealth, territory, or possession. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction under this section may be accomplished—

- (1) by filing with the Governor (or, if none exists, with the chief executive officer) of the [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), Commonwealth, territory, or possession concerned a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance of the notice; or
- (2) as required by the laws of the [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), Commonwealth, territory, or possession.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–623, title IV, § 406, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3409.)