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16 U.S.C. § 243 — Exchange of lands

submitted 79 years ago by ch. 41 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 127 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Interior can trade federal land outside the park for private or state land inside it. The Secretary must believe the trade serves the United States, and the swapped lands must be of about equal value. Once the U.S. gets title, the new land becomes part of the park.

This section lets the Secretary of the Interior exchange land to grow a national park. The Secretary can take federal land that sits outside the park boundaries, inside the Roosevelt recreational demonstration area project, and trade it for state-owned or privately owned land inside the park. The two properties must be worth about the same amount. The Secretary can only make this trade if it seems to be in the best interest of the United States. The Attorney General must also be satisfied that the title to any land the government gets is good and clear. Once the United States legally owns the new land, that land automatically becomes part of the park. From that point on, all the laws that apply to the park apply to this land too.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

That for the purposes of acquiring non-Federal lands within the boundaries of said park as established by this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange federally owned lands within the Roosevelt recreational demonstration area project, located outside the boundaries of the park for State or privately owned lands of approximately equal value within the boundaries of the park, when in his opinion such action is in the interest of the United States, the title to any lands acquired under this section to be satisfactory to the Attorney General. Upon the vesting of title thereto in the United States, any lands acquired pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of the park and shall be subject to the laws applicable thereto.

Source credit: (Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 3, 61 Stat. 54.)

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  • 1947Enacted · Act of Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41 · 61 Stat. 54

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 41 on 1947-04-25.

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