---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 200309"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "200309"
heading: "Contracts for options to acquire land and water in System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/200309"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Outdoor Recreation Programs"
  - "Chapter 2003 — Land and Water Conservation Fund"
---

# §200309. Contracts for options to acquire land and water in System


The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may enter into contracts for options to acquire land, water, or interests in land or water within the exterior boundaries of any area the acquisition of which is authorized by law for inclusion in the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5). The minimum period of any such option shall be 2 years, and any sums expended for the purchase of an option shall be credited to the purchase price of the area. Not more than $500,000 of the sum authorized to be appropriated from the [Fund](/usc/54/200301.md?p=1) by [section 200303 of this title](/usc/54/200303.md) may be expended by the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) in any one fiscal year for the options.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3179.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 200309 | 16 U.S.C. 460l–10b. | Pub. L. 88–578, title I, § 10, formerly § 9, as added Pub. L. 90–401, § 4, July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 355; renumbered § 10, Pub. L. 92–347, § 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459. |