---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 100736"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "100736"
heading: "Acquisition of land by Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/100736"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1007 — Resource Management"
  - "Subchapter III — Mining Activity Within System Units"
---

# §100736. Acquisition of land by Secretary


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) to acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of any [System unit](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6). The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) shall give prompt and careful consideration to any offer made by the owner of any valid right or other property in Glacier Bay National Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, or Mount McKinley National Park to sell the right or other property if the owner notifies the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) that the continued ownership of the right or property is causing, or would result in, undue hardship.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3110.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 100736 | 16 U.S.C. 1911. | Pub. L. 94–429, § 12, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1344. |