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§241b Exchange of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXVI— - THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK › § 241b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to exchange federal land in sections 1, 12, and 13 (T148N, R100W) and sections 6, 7, and 18 (T148N, R99W) to get non‑Federal land inside the park. It keeps for stockmen a permanent right to trail livestock along the Little Missouri River to and from the railroad on the same route used since the area's livestock industry began. Federal lands not needed for exchanges may be transferred to other agencies at no cost, or, if no agency wants them, conveyed to the State of North Dakota without reimbursement.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §241b

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For the purposes of acquiring non-Federal lands within the boundaries of said park as established by this section and section 241a of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange federally owned lands within section 1, 12, and 13, township 148 north, range 100 west, and section 6, 7, and 18, township 148 north, range 99 west. Reserving, however, to the stockmen of the surrounding area a perpetual right-of-way through the park for the trailing of livestock, to and from the railroad, along and adjacent to the Little Missouri River, being the same trail or route which has been used by the stockmen for that purpose since the beginning of the livestock industry in the area. Administrative jurisdiction over any of such lands that the Secretary of the Interior finds are not required for exchange purposes as herein provided may be conveyed to other Federal agencies by the Secretary of the Interior without exchange of funds, or if such lands are not required by other Federal agencies they may be conveyed to the State of North Dakota without reimbursement to the United States.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, 61 Stat. 52, which comprises this subchapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 241b

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73