---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 251l"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "251l"
heading: "Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/251l"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXVII — Olympic National Park"
---

# §251l. Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State


Effective upon acceptance thereof by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Washington (1) the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by [section 251e of this title](/usc/16/251e.md) is hereby retroceded to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a): Provided, That the lands restored to the Quileute Indian Reservation shall be subject to the same [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and Tribal jurisdiction as all other [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) lands within said Reservation; and (2) there is hereby retroceded to such [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) concurrent legislative jurisdiction, as the Governor of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Washington and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall determine, over and within all territory within the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) as revised by sections [251e](/usc/16/251e.md) to [251m](/usc/16/251m.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(i), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 251e of this title and sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, were in the original “subsection 1(a) of this Act” and “this Act”, respectively. “This Act” means Pub. L. 94–578.