---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 103501"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "103501"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/103501"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1035 — National Park Centennial Challenge Fund"
---

# §103501. Establishment

- (a) **In General.—** There is established in the Treasury an account to be known as the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund.
- (b) **Deposits.—** All amounts received by the United States each fiscal year from sales by the National Park [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) of National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes under section 805(b)(1) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act that are in excess of $10,000,000 shall be deposited into the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund as offsetting collections and shall remain available to the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) until expended.
- (c) **Use of Funds.—** Funds collected and deposited into the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund—
  - (1) shall be used for projects or programs approved by the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) to further the mission of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) and to enhance the visitor experience in [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6);
  - (2) may not be used to acquire lands or interest in lands; and
  - (3) may only be used if matched, on at least a 1-to-1 basis, by non-Federal donations (including funds and fairly valued durable goods and materials) to the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) for signature projects or programs.
- (d) **Limitation on Source of Funds for Matching.—** Amounts derived from the Second Century Endowment for the National Park [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) shall not be treated as non-Federal donations for purposes of [subsection (c)(3)](#c-3).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–289, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1483.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 805(b)(1) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 6804(b)(1) of Title 16, Conservation.