---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101914"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101914"
heading: "Term of concession contracts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101914"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1019 — Concessions and Commercial Use Authorizations"
  - "Subchapter II — Commercial Visitor Services"
---

# §101914. Term of concession contracts


A concession contract entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall generally be awarded for a term of 10 years or less. The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may award a contract for a term of up to 20 years if the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) determines that the contract terms and conditions, including the required construction of capital improvements, warrant a longer term.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3142.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101914 | 16 U.S.C. 5953. | Pub. L. 105–391, title IV, § 404, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3508; Pub. L. 106–176, title III, § 311, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 34. |