---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 45g"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "45g"
heading: "Addition to Sequoia National Park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/45g"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter VI — Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks"
---

# §45g. Addition to Sequoia National Park

- (a) **In general—** As soon as practicable after December 28, 2000, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, all interest in and to the land described in [subsection (b)](#b) for [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to Sequoia National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), California.
- (b) **Land acquired—** The land referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) is the land depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Dillonwood”, numbered 102/80,044, and dated September 1999.
- (c) **Addition to park—** Upon [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of the land under [subsection (a)](#a)—
  - (1) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall—
    - (A) modify the boundaries of Sequoia National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) to include the land within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3); and
    - (B) administer the land as part of Sequoia National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in accordance with all applicable laws; and
  - (2) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture shall modify the boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest to exclude the land from the forest boundaries.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–574, § 1, Dec. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 3062.)