16 USC § 396 - Additional lands; acceptance of title

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title: "16 USC § 396 - Additional lands; acceptance of title"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "396"
section_name: "Additional lands; acceptance of title"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLI"
subchapter_name: "HAWAII NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 20, 1938, ch. 530, § 2, 52 Stat. 784.)"
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# § 396. Additional lands; acceptance of title

section 391b of this title

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of satisfactory title to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in  as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (June 20, 1938, ch. 530, § 2, 52 Stat. 784.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Designation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of Hawaii as Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, effective , see .