---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 546a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "546a"
heading: "Boundaries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/546a"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Forests"
  - "Subchapter II — Scenic Areas"
---

# §546a. Boundaries

- (a) **Saint Helena Island—** The [scenic area](/usc/16/544.md?p=o) shall comprise all of Saint Helena Island, in Lake Michigan, Michigan, and all associated rocks, pinnacles, islands, and islets within one-eighth mile of the shore of Saint Helena Island.
- (b) **Boundaries of Hiawatha National Forest extended—** Upon establishment of the [scenic area](/usc/16/544.md?p=o), the boundaries of the Hiawatha National Forest shall be extended to include all of the lands within the [scenic area](/usc/16/544.md?p=o). All such extended boundaries shall be deemed boundaries in existence as of January 1, 1965, for the purposes of [section 100506 of title 54](/usc/54/100506.md).
- (c) **Payments to local governments—** Solely for purposes of payments to local governments pursuant to [section 6902 of title 31](/usc/31/6902.md), lands acquired by the United States under sections [546](/usc/16/546.md) to [546a–5](/usc/16/546a–5.md) of this title shall be treated as entitlement lands.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–431, § 3, Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1905; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(18), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3266.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–287 substituted “section 100506 of title 54” for “section 460l–9 of this title”.