---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 305106"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "305106"
heading: "Historic light station sales"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/305106"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 4 — Other Organizations and Programs"
  - "Chapter 3051 — Historic Light Station Preservation"
---

# §305106. Historic light station sales

- (a) **In General.—**
  - (1) **When sale may occur.—** If no applicant is approved for the conveyance of a [historic light station](/usc/54/305101.md?p=4) pursuant to sections [305101](/usc/54/305101.md) through [305105](/usc/54/305105.md) of this title, the [historic light station](/usc/54/305101.md?p=4) shall be offered for sale.
  - (2) **Terms of sale.—** Terms of the sales—
    - (A) shall be developed by the [Administrator](/usc/54/305101.md?p=1); and
    - (B) shall be consistent with the requirements of paragraphs [(1)](#a-1) to (4) and (8) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of [section 305104 of this title](/usc/54/305104.md).
  - (3) **Covenants to be included in conveyance documents.—** Conveyance documents shall include all necessary covenants to protect the historical integrity of the [historic light station](/usc/54/305101.md?p=4) and ensure that any [Federal aid to navigation](/usc/54/305101.md?p=3-A) located at the [historic light station](/usc/54/305101.md?p=4) is operated and maintained by the United States for as long as needed for that purpose.
- (b) **Net Sale Proceeds.—**
  - (1) **Disposition and use of funds.—** Net sale proceeds from the disposal of a [historic light station](/usc/54/305101.md?p=4)—
    - (A) located on public domain land shall be transferred to the National Maritime Heritage Grants [Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) established under [chapter 3087](/usc/54/chstIII/dB/sd1/ch3087.md) in the Department of the Interior; and
    - (B) under the administrative control of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of Homeland Security—
      - (i) shall be credited to the Coast Guard’s Operating Expenses appropriation account; and
      - (ii) shall be available for obligation and expenditure for the maintenance of light stations remaining under the administrative control of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of Homeland Security.
  - (2) **Availability of funds.—** The funds referred to in [paragraph (1)(B)](#b-1-B) shall remain available until expended and shall be available in addition to funds available in the Coast Guard’s Operating Expense appropriation for that purpose.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3220.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 305106 | 16 U.S.C. 470w–8. | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 106–355, § 3, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1389. |

In subsection (b)(1)(B), the words “Secretary of Homeland Security” are substituted for “Coast Guard” because of 6 U.S.C. 112(a)(2), 468(b) and (h), 551(d), and 552(d) and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002 (H. Doc. No. 108–16, 108th Cong., 1st Sess. (6 U.S.C. 542 note)).