---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 450jj–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "450jj–5"
heading: "Administration of Memorial; cooperation with State and local governments and private sector"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/450jj-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXI — National and International Monuments and Memorials"
---

# §450jj–5. Administration of Memorial; cooperation with State and local governments and private sector


Lands and interests in lands acquired pursuant to [section 450jj–3 of this title](/usc/16/450jj–3.md) shall, upon [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1), be a part of the [Memorial](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=2). The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall administer the [Memorial](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=2) in accordance with sections [450jj](/usc/16/450jj.md) to [450jj–9](/usc/16/450jj–9.md) of this title and 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] In the development, management, and operation of that portion of the [Memorial](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=2) which is added to the [Memorial](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=2) under [section 450jj–3 of this title](/usc/16/450jj–3.md), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall, to the maximum extent feasible, utilize the assistance of [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and local government agencies and the private sector. For such purposes, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may, consistent with the [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), enter into cooperative agreements with the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), with any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), or with any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b). Any such cooperative agreement shall, at a minimum, establish procedures for providing notice to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of any action proposed by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), such political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15), or such [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b), which may affect the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).


## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(May 17, 1954, ch. 204, § 6, as added Pub. L. 98–398, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 1468.)

## 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 text, 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 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461–467), referred to in text, 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.