---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 284e"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "284e"
heading: "Vested property of United States; status of Foundation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/284e"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXXV — Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts"
---

# §284e. Vested property of United States; status of Foundation


All right, title, and interest in the [Center](/usc/16/284j.md?p=3) shall be vested in the United States. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to provide that the [Foundation](/usc/16/284j.md?p=4) shall be considered to be a Federal agency or instrumentality for purposes of applying any law or regulation of the United States or of any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–671, § 6, as added Pub. L. 97–310, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1457.)