---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 459i–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "459i–1"
heading: "Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary; mainland lands for access to seashore administrative and visitor facilities; State lands; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/459i-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXIII — National Seashore Recreational Areas"
---

# §459i–1. Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary; mainland lands for access to seashore administrative and visitor facilities; State lands; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary


Within the boundaries of the seashore, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) lands, waters, and interests therein by purchase, donation, transfer from any Federal agency, or exchange. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may also [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) not to exceed one hundred acres of lands or interests in lands on the mainland to provide access to the administrative and visitor facilities for the seashore. Any lands or interests therein owned by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Georgia, or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof may be acquired only by donation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal property located within the boundaries of the seashore may, with the concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without transfer of funds to the administrative jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) for the purposes of the seashore.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–536, § 2, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1066.)