16 USC § 408a - Acceptance of title to lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s408a"
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title: "16 USC § 408a - Acceptance of title to lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "408a"
section_name: "Acceptance of title to lands"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LII"
subchapter_name: "ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 448, § 2, 46 Stat. 1514.)"
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# § 408a. Acceptance of title to lands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands located on said islands offered to the United States, without cost, as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 448, § 2, 46 Stat. 1514.)