16 U.S.C. § 666d — Skagit National Wildlife Refuge; exchange of lands
submitted 77 years ago by ch. 619 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 103 words · no verdicts yet
For ten years after October 6, 1949, the Secretary of the Interior may exchange certain Washington lands with the State of Washington. The lands accepted must be chiefly valuable for wildlife-refuge purposes and equal in value to the Federal refuge lands exchanged.
The Secretary of the Interior may, at the Secretary’s discretion, and at any time within ten years after October 6, 1949, accept for the United States from Washington title to land in Washington that the Secretary considers chiefly valuable for wildlife-refuge purposes. The land must be equal in value to the United States land inside the Skagit National Wildlife Refuge. In exchange, the Secretary may deed those United States refuge lands to Washington on behalf of the United States.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, at any time within ten years from October 6, 1949, to accept from the State of Washington on behalf of the United States title to any lands in the State of Washington which he deems chiefly valuable for wildlife refuge purposes, and which are equivalent in value to the lands of the United States within the Skagit National Wildlife Refuge, and in exchange therefor to convey by deed on behalf of the United States to the State of Washington the said lands of the United States in the Skagit National Wildlife Refuge.
Source credit: (Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 619, § 1, 63 Stat. 708.)
- 1949Enacted · Act of Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 619 · 63 Stat. 708
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