---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410gg–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410gg–1"
heading: "Acquisition of property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410gg-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–E — Biscayne National Park"
---

# §410gg–1. Acquisition of property

- (a) **Authority of Secretary; manner; State lands: donation, reservations, and restrictions; Federal lands: transfer to administrative jurisdiction of National Park Service and Secretary—** Within the boundary of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that property owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof may be acquired only by donation, and subject to such reservations and restrictions as may be provided by Florida law. Lands, waters, and interests therein within such boundary which are owned by the United States and under the control of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) are hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service to be managed for the purposes of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3). Any federally owned lands within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) which are not under the control of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall be transferred to his control for purposes of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) at such time as said lands cease to be needed by the agencies which currently control them.
- (b) **Acquisition period; consideration by Secretary of prompt acquisition of property—** It is the express intent of the Congress that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall substantially complete the land [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) program authorized herein within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this subchapter. Any [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) of property within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) may notify the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the desire of such [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) that his property be promptly acquired, and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall give immediate and careful consideration, subject to the availability of funds, to the prompt [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of such property.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–287, title I, § 102, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 599.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96–287, which was approved on June 28, 1980.