16 U.S.C. § 430h–7 — Exclusion of lands from park

(a) Exclusion of certain lands. The park boundary is revised to leave out the land shown as "Proposed Deletions" on a May 1990 map. That map must be kept on file for public inspection at the National Park Service office. Full legal authority over the excluded land goes back to the State of Mississippi. (b) Transfer to adjacent owners. (1) For four years after October 18, 1990, the Secretary may sell all or part of this excluded land to an owner of adjacent property, if that owner applies. (2) But the Secretary can't sell any property unless the application comes with payment covering (A) the land's fair market value, and (B) the Secretary's administrative costs for the transfer, including surveys, appraisals, and filing and recording fees. (c) Excess property. Any excluded land not sold under (b) must be reported to the Administrator of General Services as surplus to the Department of the Interior's needs. It then gets transferred or disposed of under the general federal surplus-property laws in title 40 and title 41.