---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 408d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "408d"
heading: "Addition of lands purchased within boundaries for conservation or forestation purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/408d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LII — Isle Royale National Park"
---

# §408d. Addition of lands purchased within boundaries for conservation or forestation purposes


All lands purchased from funds heretofore allocated and made available by Executive order, or otherwise, for the [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of lands for conservation or forestation purposes within the maximum boundaries of the Isle Royale National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), as authorized by sections [408](/usc/16/408.md) to [408b](/usc/16/408b.md) of this title, are made a part of the said [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) as fully as if originally acquired for that purpose and the proviso at the end of [section 408 of this title](/usc/16/408.md) shall not be construed so as to prohibit the [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of lands in the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) with the aforesaid funds.


## Source credit

(June 20, 1938, ch. 531, 52 Stat. 785.)