---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 81p"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "81p"
heading: "Property transfers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/81p"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter IX — Colonial National Historical Park"
---

# §81p. Property transfers

- (a) **Transfer and rights-of-way—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) is authorized to transfer, without reimbursement, to York County, Virginia, that portion of the existing sewage disposal system, including related improvements and structures, owned by the United States and located within the Colonial National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), together with such rights-of-way as are determined by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to be necessary to maintain and operate such system.
- (b) **Repair and rehabilitation of system—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with York County, Virginia, under which the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) will pay a portion, not to exceed $110,000, of the costs of repair and rehabilitation of the sewage disposal system referred to in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Fees and charges—** In consideration for the rights-of-way granted under [subsection (a)](#a), and in recognition of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service’s contribution authorized under [subsection (b)](#b), the cooperative agreement under [subsection (b)](#b) shall provide for a reduction in, or the elimination of, the amounts charged to the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service for its sewage disposal. The cooperative agreement shall also provide for minimizing the impact of the sewage disposal system on the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and its resources. Such system may not be enlarged or substantially altered without National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service concurrence.
- (d) **Inclusion of land in Colonial National Historical Park—** Notwithstanding the provisions of sections [81b](/usc/16/81b.md) and [81d](/usc/16/81d.md) of this title, limiting the average width of the Colonial Parkway, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to include within the boundaries of Colonial National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the lands or interests in lands (with or without improvements) within the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) dated August 1996, numbered 333/80031B, and entitled “Page Landing [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to Colonial National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3)”. Such [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service at Colonial National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and in Washington, District of Columbia.
- (e) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title II, § 211, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4109; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I, § 122], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–159; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 102, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 25.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, and not as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter.

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–176 directed amendment identical to amendment by Pub. L. 106–113. See 1999 Amendment note below.

1999—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “depicted on the map dated August 1996, numbered 333/80031B,” for “depicted on the map dated August 1993, numbered 333/80031A,”.