16 U.S.C. § 410hhh–6 — Acquisition of property and boundary adjustments

(a) Acquisition authority (1) Inside the area the map marks as the "Acquisition Area," or inside the monument, the Secretary may acquire land by purchase, donation, transfer from another federal agency, or exchange — but only with the owner's consent. (2) Land owned by the State of Colorado or one of its subdivisions may only be acquired by donation or exchange. (b) Boundary adjustment As soon as practical after acquiring land, the Secretary must adjust the boundary of the relevant unit to include the newly acquired land. (c) Administration of acquired lands (1) After acquiring land under subsection (a), the Secretary must, as appropriate, (A) move administrative control to the National Park Service, either (i) to add it to and manage it as part of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, or (ii) to add it to and manage it as part of the Great Sand Dunes National Park (once created) or the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve; or (B) move administrative control to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to add it to and manage it as part of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge. (2)(A) Land acquired inside the area the map marks as Zone B must instead go to the Secretary of Agriculture and be added to and managed as part of the Rio Grande National Forest. (B) For purposes of sections 100506(c) and 200306 of title 54, the Rio Grande National Forest's boundaries, once revised by that transfer, count as the forest's official boundaries.