---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410d"
heading: "Acceptance and protection of property pending establishment of park; publication of establishment order"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIV — Everglades National Park"
---

# §410d. Acceptance and protection of property pending establishment of park; publication of establishment order

- (a) For the purpose of protecting the scenery, the wildlife, and other natural features of the region authorized to be established as the Everglades National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by sections [410](/usc/16/410.md) to [410c](/usc/16/410c.md) of this title, notwithstanding any provision contained in said sections, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States any land, submerged land, or interests therein, subject to such reservations of oil, gas, or mineral rights as the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may approve, within the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) of approximately two thousand square miles recommended by said [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) in his report to the Congress of December 3, 1930, pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1443): Provided, That no general development of the property accepted pursuant to this section shall be undertaken nor shall the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) be established until title satisfactory to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to a major portion of the lands, to be selected by him, within the aforesaid recommended [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) shall have been vested in the United States: Provided further, That until the property acquired by the United States pursuant to this section has been cleared of the aforesaid reservations, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) in his discretion shall furnish such protection thereover as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this section: And provided further, That in the event the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) is not established within ten years from December 6, 1944, or upon the abandonment of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) at any time after its establishment, title to any lands accepted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall thereupon automatically revest in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida or other grantors of such property to the United States.
- (b) Upon the execution of the aforesaid provisions relating to establishment thereof, the Everglades National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall be established by order of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) which shall be published in the Federal Register.

## Source credit

(Dec. 6, 1944, ch. 508, 58 Stat. 794.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1443), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 1, 1929, ch. 446, 45 Stat. 1443, which is not classified to the Code.