---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch1/schXLVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XLVI"
heading: "Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch1-schXLVI"
sections_count: 37
---

# Subchapter XLVI — Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

## Sections

- [§403. Establishment; boundaries](/usc/16/403.md)
- [§403–1. Addition of lands to Shenandoah National Park](/usc/16/403-1.md)
- [§403–2. Exchange of lands within Shenandoah National Park](/usc/16/403-2.md)
- [§403–3. Addition of lands to Shenandoah National Park; administration](/usc/16/403-3.md)
- [§403a. Acceptance of title to lands](/usc/16/403a.md)
- [§403b. Administration, protection, and development; Federal Power Act inapplicable; minimum area](/usc/16/403b.md)
- [§403c. Omitted](/usc/16/403c.md)
- [§403c–1. Respective jurisdiction of Virginia and United States over lands in Shenandoah Park](/usc/16/403c-1.md)
- [§403c–2. Repealed.](/usc/16/403c-2.md)
- [§403c–3. Criminal offenses concerning hunting, fishing, and property](/usc/16/403c-3.md)
- [§403c–4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses](/usc/16/403c-4.md)
- [§403c–5...403c–11. Repealed.](/usc/16/403c-5...403c-11.md)
- [§403d. Lease of lands within Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park](/usc/16/403d.md)
- [§403e. Acceptance of title to lands; reservations; leases; rights-of-way and easements](/usc/16/403e.md)
- [§403f. Great Smoky Mountains National Park; extension of boundaries](/usc/16/403f.md)
- [§403g. Establishment; minimum area](/usc/16/403g.md)
- [§403g–1. Exchange of lands](/usc/16/403g-1.md)
- [§403h. Inclusion of acquired lands](/usc/16/403h.md)
- [§403h–1. Acceptance of jurisdiction by United States; saving provisions](/usc/16/403h-1.md)
- [§403h–2. Repealed.](/usc/16/403h-2.md)
- [§403h–3. Hunting, fishing, etc.; rules and regulations; protection of property; penalties for violating laws and rules](/usc/16/403h-3.md)
- [§403h–4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses](/usc/16/403h-4.md)
- [§403h–5...403h–9. Repealed.](/usc/16/403h-5...403h-9.md)
- [§403h–10. Notice to Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee; application of sections 403h–3 and 403h–4 to subsequent lands accepted](/usc/16/403h-10.md)
- [§403h–11. Further additions for construction of scenic parkway](/usc/16/403h-11.md)
- [§403h–12. Entrance road to Cataloochee section](/usc/16/403h-12.md)
- [§403h–13. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/403h-13.md)
- [§403h–14. Authorization to transfer additional lands for scenic parkway](/usc/16/403h-14.md)
- [§403h–15. Conveyances to Tennessee of lands within Great Smoky Mountains National Park](/usc/16/403h-15.md)
- [§403h–16. Reconveyance of rights-of-way and lands for control of landslides along Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway; conditions](/usc/16/403h-16.md)
- [§403h–17. Elimination of lands from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway](/usc/16/403h-17.md)
- [§403i. Secretary of the Interior authorized to purchase necessary lands](/usc/16/403i.md)
- [§403j. Authorization of appropriation](/usc/16/403j.md)
- [§403k. Boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests](/usc/16/403k.md)
- [§403k–1. Laws applicable](/usc/16/403k-1.md)
- [§403k–2. Addition of lands to Great Smoky Mountains National Park](/usc/16/403k-2.md)
- [§403k–3. Palmer’s Chapel in Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; protection and continued use; communication of Chapel history to visitors](/usc/16/403k-3.md)