16 USC § 397b - Procurement of lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s397b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 397b - Procurement of lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "397b"
section_name: "Procurement of lands"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLIII"
subchapter_name: "PUʻUHONUA O HO̅NAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 3, 69 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3477; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(d)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2364.)"
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# § 397b. Procurement of lands

section 397 of this title

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure, by donation or purchase, with any funds that may be available for that purpose, lands and interests in lands which may be needed for the Puʻuhonua o Ho̅naunau National Historical Park within the area described in .

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 3, 69 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3477; Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(d)(1), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2364.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000— substituted “Puʻuhonua o Ho̅naunau National Historical Park” for “Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park”.

1978— redesignated as “Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park” the park previously designated “City of Refuge National Historical Park”.