---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3194"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "3194"
heading: "Archeological and paleontological sites"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/3194"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §3194. Archeological and paleontological sites


Notwithstanding any acreage or boundary limitations contained in this Act with respect to the Cape Krusenstern National Monument, the Bering Land Bridge National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), the Yukon-Charley Rivers National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), and the Kobuk Valley National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) or he may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by purchase with the consent of the [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4), donation, or exchange any significant archeological or paleontological site in Alaska located outside of the boundaries of such [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) and containing resources which are closely associated with any such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A). If any such site is so designated or acquired, it shall be included in and managed as part of such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A). Not more than seven thousand five hundred acres of land may be designated or acquired under this section for inclusion in any single [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A). Before designation or [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of any property in excess of one hundred acres under the provisions of this section, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall—

- (1) submit notice of such proposed designation or [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) to the appropriate committees of the Congress; and
- (2) publish notice of such proposed designation or [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) in the Federal Register.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1304, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2478.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.