---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 441k"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "441k"
heading: "Acquisition of property for park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/441k"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXI — National and International Monuments and Memorials"
---

# §441k. Acquisition of property for park

- (a) **Consent of State or Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; transfer from Federal agency—** Subject to the provisions of [subsection (b)](#b) hereof, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may, within the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that any lands or interests in lands owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of South Dakota, a political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof, or the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may be acquired only with the consent of [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands and interests in lands located within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) under the administrative jurisdiction of any other Federal agency may be transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) without a transfer of funds.
- (b) **Easements—** As to lands located within the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) but outside the boundaries of the gunnery range referred to in [section 441l](/usc/16/441l.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) only rights-of-way and scenic easements.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–468, § 2, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 663; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Word “park” substituted in text for “monument” pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, § 611, which is classified to section 441e–1 of this title and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.