---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 397c"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "397c"
heading: "Acquisition of lands by Governor of the Territory of Hawaii"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/397c"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XLIII — Puʻuhonua O Ho̅naunau National Historical Park"
---

# §397c. Acquisition of lands by Governor of the Territory of Hawaii


In order to cooperate with the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior in consolidating in Federal ownership lands within the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) described in [section 397 of this title](/usc/16/397.md), and to facilitate [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of the lands needed for the national historical [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii is also authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands for said [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii by exchange or otherwise, in accordance with procedure prescribed by [section 392 of this title](/usc/16/392.md).


## Source credit

(July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 4, 69 Stat. 379.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Admission of Hawaii as State

Admission of Hawaii into the Union was accomplished Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74, as required by sections 1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as notes preceding former section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.