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

# §410jjj–1. Acquisition of lands

- (a) Within 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. Any lands or interests therein owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of South Carolina or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof may be acquired only by donation.
- (b) With respect to any lands acquired under the provisions of this subchapter which at the time of [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) are leased for hunting purposes, such [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) shall permit the continued exercise of such lease in accordance with its provisions for its unexpired term, or for a period of five years, whichever is less: Provided, That no provision of such lease may be exercised which, in the opinion of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), is incompatible with the preservation objectives of this subchapter, or which is inconsistent with applicable Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) game laws, whichever is more restrictive.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–545, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2517; Pub. L. 108–108, title I, § 135, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1270.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

In subsec. (a), “park” substituted for “monument” pursuant to Pub. L. 108–108, § 135, which is set out as a note under section 410jjj of this title and which redesignated the Congaree Swamp National Monument as the Congaree National Park.