---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410ccc–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410ccc–3"
heading: "Acquisition of property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410ccc-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–AA — Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area"
  - "Part A — Cane River Creole National Historical Park"
---

# §410ccc–3. Acquisition of property

- (a) **General authority—** Except as otherwise provided in this section, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands and interest therein within the boundaries of the historical [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
- (b) **State and local properties—** Lands and interests therein that are owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Louisiana, or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof, may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
- (c) **Museum Contents, Inc.** Lands and structures identified in [section 410ccc–1(b)(2) of this title](/usc/16/410ccc–1.md?p=b-2) may be acquired only by donation.
- (d) **Cooperative agreement sites—** Lands and interests therein that are the subject of cooperative agreements pursuant to [section 410ccc–1(b)(3) of this title](/usc/16/410ccc–1.md?p=b-3) shall not be acquired except with the consent of the [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) thereof.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–449, title III, § 305, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4759.)