---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410zzz–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410zzz–2"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410zzz-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–XX — Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park"
---

# §410zzz–2. Establishment


When the sites, structures, and other properties authorized for [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) under [section 410zzz of this title](/usc/16/410zzz.md) and endowment funds in the amount of $100,000 have been transferred to the United States, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall establish the Saint-Gaudens National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. Following such establishment the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange 279 acres of lands and buildings, or interests therein which he deems necessary for [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the Saint-Gaudens National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and which, when acquired, shall become a part of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–543, § 3, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 749; Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 306, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2735; Pub. L. 106–491, § 1(1), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2209; Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2201(b)(1), (3), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 733.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–9, § 2201(b)(3), substituted “addition to the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park” for “addition to the national historical site” and “part of the park” for “part of the site”.

Pub. L. 116–9, § 2201(b)(1), substituted “National Historical Park by publication” for “National Historic Site by publication”.

2000—Pub. L. 106–491 substituted “279 acres of lands and buildings, or interests therein” for “not to exceed sixty-four acres of lands and interests therein”.

1976—Pub. L. 94–578 inserted at end “Following such establishment the Secretary may acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed sixty-four acres of lands and interests therein which he deems necessary for addition to the national historical site and which, when acquired, shall become a part of the site.”