---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 227"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "227"
heading: "Utilization of areas for Government reclamation projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/227"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXIV — Grand Canyon National Park"
---

# §227. Utilization of areas for Government reclamation projects


Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of such [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to permit the utilization of those [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) formerly within the Lake Mead National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) immediately prior to January 3, 1975, and added to the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by sections [228a](/usc/16/228a.md) to [228j](/usc/16/228j.md) of this title, which may be necessary for the development and maintenance of a Government [reclamation project](/usc/16/460l–32.md?p=3).


## Source credit

(Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 44, § 7, 40 Stat. 1178; Pub. L. 93–620, § 9(b), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2091.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1975—Pub. L. 93–620 substituted provisions authorizing utilization of areas formerly within Lake Mead National Recreation Area and added to the Grand Canyon National Park by sections 228a to 228j of this title, for provisions authorizing utilization of areas within the Park.