---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410iiii–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410iiii–3"
heading: "Property acquisition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410iiii-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–GGG — Brown V. Board of Education National Historical Park"
---

# §410iiii–3. Property acquisition


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=4) is authorized to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the real property described in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 410iiii–2 of this title](/usc/16/410iiii–2.md). Any property owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Kansas or South Carolina or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof may be acquired only by donation. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=4) may also [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the [historical park](/usc/16/410iiii.md?p=2). The [Secretary](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=4) may not [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) such personal property without the consent of the [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) or by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the [historical park](/usc/16/410iiii.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–525, title I, § 104, Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3439; Pub. L. 117–123, §§ 2(c)(4), 3(f), May 12, 2022, 136 Stat. 1196, 1199.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–123 substituted “subsections (b) and (c) of section 410iiii–2” for “section 410iiii–2(b)”, “State of Kansas or South Carolina” for “States of Kansas”, and “historical park. The Secretary” for “historic site: Provided, however, That the Secretary” and inserted “or by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historical park” after “without the consent of the owner”.