---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–81a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410aaa–81a"
heading: "Transfer of land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410aaa-81a"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–Y — California Desert Lands Parks, Preserve, and Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Areas"
  - "Part D — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §410aaa–81a. Transfer of land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

- (a) **In general—** On termination of all mining claims to the land described in [subsection (b)](#b), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall transfer the land described in that subsection to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of California.
- (b) **Description of land—** The land referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) is certain Bureau of Land Management land in San Diego County, California, comprising approximately 934 acres, as generally depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Proposed Table Mountain [Wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) Study [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) Transfer to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a)” and dated November 7, 2018.
- (c) **Management—**
  - (1) **In general—** The land transferred under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the California Wilderness Act (California Public Resources Code sections 5093.30–5093.40).
  - (2) **Withdrawal—** Subject to valid existing rights, the land transferred under [subsection (a)](#a) is withdrawn from—
    - (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
    - (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
    - (C) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.
  - (3) **Reversion—** If the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) ceases to manage the land transferred under [subsection (a)](#a) as part of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) System or in a manner inconsistent with the California Wilderness Act (California Public Resources Code sections 5093.30–5093.40), the land shall revert to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) at the discretion of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), to be managed as a [Wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) Study [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–433, title VII, § 712, as added Pub. L. 116–9, title I, § 1451, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 710.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Section 103 of Pub. L. 103–433 provided in part that in this subchapter “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.