16 USC § 251l - Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s251l"
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title: "16 USC § 251l - Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "251l"
section_name: "Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXVII"
subchapter_name: "OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(i), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)"
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# § 251l. Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State

section 251e of this title*Provided*

Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington (1) the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National Park by  is hereby retroceded to the State: , That the lands restored to the Quileute Indian Reservation shall be subject to the same State and Tribal jurisdiction as all other trust lands within said Reservation; and (2) there is hereby retroceded to such State concurrent legislative jurisdiction, as the Governor of the State of Washington and the Secretary shall determine, over and within all territory within the boundaries of the park as revised by sections 251e to 251m of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(i), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

and sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, were in the original “subsection 1(a) of this Act” and “this Act”, respectively. “This Act” means .