---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 228d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "228d"
heading: "Acquisition of State of Arizona or local lands by donation or exchange; approval for transfer to United States of Indian trust lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/228d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXIV — Grand Canyon National Park"
---

# §228d. Acquisition of State of Arizona or local lands by donation or exchange; approval for transfer to United States of Indian trust lands


Notwithstanding any other provision of sections [228a](/usc/16/228a.md) to [228j](/usc/16/228j.md) of this title (1) land or interest in land owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Arizona or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof may be acquired by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) under sections [228a](/usc/16/228a.md) to [228j](/usc/16/228j.md) of this title only by donation or exchange and (2) no land or interest in land, which is held in [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) for any Indian tribe or nation, may be transferred to the United States under sections [228a](/usc/16/228a.md) to [228j](/usc/16/228j.md) of this title or for purposes of sections [228a](/usc/16/228a.md) to [228j](/usc/16/228j.md) of this title except after approval by the governing body of the respective Indian tribe or nation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–620, § 5, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2090.)