16 U.S.C. § 404d — Acceptance of title to lands; reservations; leases; rights-of-way and easements

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The Secretary of the Interior may accept free donated land for Mammoth Cave National Park, even if it comes with leases already attached. The Secretary can also grant new leases on park land, usually up to twenty years, if the use fits the park's purpose. Land donations can also come with existing rights-of-way and easements kept in place.

The Secretary of the Interior may, at the Secretary's discretion, accept land donated free of cost to the United States within the Mammoth Cave National Park area. This land can come subject to leases that were entered into and granted as part of the payment for buying the land before it was donated — but such a lease can't outlast the life of the person who granted it, and the Secretary must first review and approve its terms and conditions. The Secretary may also grant new leases on land in the park, on whatever terms the Secretary thinks fit, when the use won't conflict with why the land was acquired. These leases can go to people, schools, religious groups, private companies, associations, and partnerships that were already using the land — for a term up to that person's lifetime for individuals, or up to twenty years for everyone else. The Secretary can renew these leases at the Secretary's discretion. The Secretary may also accept land for these parks that still carries reserved rights-of-way and easements.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept title to lands tendered without cost to the United States within the area of the Mammoth Cave National Park, subject to leases entered into and granted as part consideration in connection with the purchase of said land for tender to the United States for park purposes, but not exceeding in length of term the life of the particular grantor or grantors: Provided, That said leases and the terms and conditions thereof shall have previously been submitted to and approved by said Secretary: And provided further, That he may lease upon such terms and conditions as he deems proper any lands within the aforesaid areas when such use shall not be deemed by him inconsistent with the purposes for which the lands were acquired on behalf of the United States, to persons, educational or religious institutions, private corporations, associations, and partnerships previously occupying such land for terms not exceeding the particular lifetime in the case of natural persons, and not exceeding twenty years in all other cases, which latter leases may be renewed in the discretion of said Secretary: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may accept lands for these parks subject to reservations of rights-of-way and easements.

Source credit: (Feb. 4, 1932, ch. 19, § 2, 47 Stat. 37.)

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1932Enacted · Act of Feb. 4, 1932, ch. 19 · 47 Stat. 37

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