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

# §410ss–1. Administration

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) shall administer the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in accordance with this subchapter and with the provisions of law generally applicable to [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the national [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) system, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; [16 U.S.C. 1–4](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(/us/usc/t16/s1–4)))[^1] and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; [16 U.S.C. 461–467](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(/us/usc/t16/s461–467))).[^1] The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands or interests in land within the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
- (b) **Donations—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may accept and retain donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, [foundations](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=1), corporations, or public entities for the purpose of providing services and facilities which he deems consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
- (c) **Separate units—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall provide for the identification of the Guevavi, Calabazas, and Tumacacori sites as 3 separate [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).
- (d) **Recognition of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino’s role—** In administering the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall utilize such interpretative materials and other devices as may be necessary to give appropriate recognition to the role of the Jesuit Missionary Priest, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, in the development of the mission sites and the settlement of the region.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–344, § 2, Aug. 6, 1990, 104 Stat. 393.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

The Act of August 21, 1935 (49 U.S.C. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461–467), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, known as the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and also as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, which enacted sections 461 to 467 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and sections 102303 and 102304 and chapter 3201 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.