---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460g"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460g"
heading: "Transfer to State, etc., for roadway purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460g"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXVII — Cottage Site Developments and Uses in Reservoir Areas"
---

# §460g. Transfer to State, etc., for roadway purposes


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Army may, by quitclaim deed, deed of easement, or otherwise, transfer to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) in which lands sold for cottage site development and use pursuant to this subchapter are located, or to any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof, or to any organization consisting of not less than 50 per centum of the [owners](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) of cottage sites in the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), without monetary consideration, any lands being used or to be used for roads primarily to serve the cottage site [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A): Provided, however, That the deed or other instrument transferring such land shall specifically provide for appropriate use and maintenance of the property by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15), or organization, and any deed conveying title to such lands for roadway purposes shall contain the condition and limitation that in the event the land conveyed shall fail or cease to be used for roadway purposes the same shall immediately revert to and vest in the United States.


## Source credit

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 987, § 3, 70 Stat. 1065.)