---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 80c"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "80c"
heading: "Motor-vehicle licenses for Sequoia National Park as applicable; limitation of privileges within park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/80c"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Kings Canyon National Park"
---

# §80c. Motor-vehicle licenses for Sequoia National Park as applicable; limitation of privileges within park


Any motor-vehicle license issued for Sequoia National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall be applicable to Kings Canyon National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), and vice versa: Provided, That in order to insure the permanent preservation of the [wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) character of the Kings Canyon National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may, in his discretion, limit the character and number of privileges that he may grant within the Kings Canyon National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).


## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 4, 54 Stat. 44; Aug. 17, 1950, ch. 730, 64 Stat. 458.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1950—Act Aug. 17, 1950, struck out last sentence which restricted concessionaires to a five-year term.