16 U.S.C. § 160e — Payment of value differential by Secretary to owner of commercial timberlands exchanging lands for State lands outside of park; determination of value; prerequisites

This section lets the Secretary pay a "value differential" to certain landowners. It applies to owners of "commercial timberlands" inside the park. The State of Minnesota must have negotiated with these owners to trade their land for State land outside the park. The goal of the trade is to convey the owner's land to the United States. The Secretary can only make this payment when the trade was valued using timber purposes only — not recreation value. The payment amount is the difference between two numbers: 1. The land's value for timber purposes, agreed on by the State, the Secretary, and the owner. 2. The land's higher value for recreational purposes, if it has one — but only the part of that higher value that is not caused by the park's establishment or authorization. So if recreation value is higher only because the park exists nearby, that part doesn't count toward the payment. There is one more requirement, written as a proviso: the Secretary can only make the payment once the United States actually receives full legal ownership ("fee title") of the land within the park boundaries.