---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410jj–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410jj–5"
heading: "Special needs of leprosy patients residing in Kalaupapa settlement; specific provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410jj-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–H — Kalaupapa National Historical Park"
---

# §410jj–5. Special needs of leprosy patients residing in Kalaupapa settlement; specific provisions


The following provisions are made with respect to the special needs of the leprosy patients residing in the Kalaupapa settlement—

- (1) So long as the patients may direct, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall not permit public visitation to the settlement in excess of one hundred [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) in any one day.
- (2) Health care for the patients shall continue to be provided by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Hawaii, with assistance from Federal programs other than those authorized herein.
- (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall provide patients a first right of refusal to provide revenue-producing visitor services, including such services as providing food, accommodations, transportation, tours, and guides.
- (4) Patients shall continue to have the right to [take](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) and utilize [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) resources without regard to Federal fish and game laws and regulations.
- (5) Patients shall continue to have the right to [take](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) and utilize plant and other natural resources for traditional purposes in accordance with applicable [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and Federal laws.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–565, title I, § 106, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3323.)