---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101332"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101332"
heading: "General authority of Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101332"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1013 — Employees"
  - "Subchapter III — Housing Improvement"
---

# §101332. General authority of Secretary

- (a) **Rental Housing.—** To enhance the ability of the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3), acting through the [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1), to effectively manage [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6), the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may where necessary and justified—
  - (1) make available employee housing, on or off land under the administrative jurisdiction of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4); and
  - (2) rent that housing to [field employees](/usc/54/101331.md?p=1) at rates based on the reasonable value of the housing in accordance with requirements applicable under [section 5911 of title 5](/usc/5/5911.md).
- (b) **Joint Development Authority.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may use authorities granted by statute in combination with one another in the furtherance of providing where necessary and justified affordable [field employee](/usc/54/101331.md?p=1) housing.
- (c) **Construction Limitations on Federal Land.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may not utilize any land for the purposes of providing [field employee](/usc/54/101331.md?p=1) housing under this subchapter that will affect a primary resource value of the area or adversely affect the mission of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4).
- (d) **Rental Rates.—** To the extent practicable, the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) shall establish rental rates for all [quarters](/usc/54/101331.md?p=3) occupied by [field employees](/usc/54/101331.md?p=1) of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) that are based on the reasonable value of the [quarters](/usc/54/101331.md?p=3) in accordance with requirements applicable under [section 5911 of title 5](/usc/5/5911.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3126.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101332(a) | 16 U.S.C. 17o(2). | Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(a)(2), (17)(A), (B), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4190, 4193. |
| 101332(b) | 16 U.S.C. 17o(9). | Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(a)(9), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 120(a)(1)(C), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 28. |
| 101332(c) | 16 U.S.C. 17o(17)(A). |  |
| 101332(d) | 16 U.S.C. 17o(17)(B). |  |

In subsection (a)(2), the words “or lease” are omitted to distinguish between leasing property and renting employee housing.