---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 459j–6"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "459j–6"
heading: "Transfer of lands for use as administrative and visitor facilities to Secretary of the Interior; use of portion of John F. Kennedy Space Center; transfer of excess land within seashore to Secretary of the Interior"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/459j-6"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXIII — National Seashore Recreational Areas"
---

# §459j–6. Transfer of lands for use as administrative and visitor facilities to Secretary of the Interior; use of portion of John F. Kennedy Space Center; transfer of excess land within seashore to Secretary of the Interior


On January 3, 1975, those lands to be used for the administrative and visitor facilities described in [section 459j–4(c)(1) of this title](/usc/16/459j–4.md?p=c-1) shall be transferred by sections [459j](/usc/16/459j.md) to [459j–8](/usc/16/459j–8.md) of this title to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior and those portions of the John F. Kennedy Space Center falling within the boundaries of the seashore as defined in [section 459j of this title](/usc/16/459j.md) shall become a part of the seashore, and within ninety days thereafter, the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall grant to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) for carrying out the intent and purpose of sections [459j](/usc/16/459j.md) to [459j–8](/usc/16/459j–8.md) of this title such use of said portions as the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) determines is not inconsistent with public safety and the needs of the space and defense programs of the Nation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any lands within the seashore which the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) determines to be excess to the needs of such agency shall be transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior for administration in accordance with the provisions of sections [459j](/usc/16/459j.md) to [459j–8](/usc/16/459j–8.md) of this title: Provided, That any portions of the John F. Kennedy Space Center within the seashore not transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall remain under the control and jurisdiction of the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–626, § 7, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2125.)