§392c Addition to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can get about 5,650 acres (called tract 118/22 on the May 17, 1985 “Recommended Land Acquisition” map) for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park by donation or by swapping land. The map is available for public viewing at the National Park Service office in Washington, D.C., and at the Superintendent’s office at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. For swaps, the Secretary may trade other U.S. government land in Hawaii (but not land already in the National Park System). The lands traded should be about equal in value, or money can be used to make values equal, but any equalizing payment cannot be more than 25% of the appraised value of the 5,650 acres. Money paid to the Secretary goes to the U.S. Treasury. State-owned land can only be obtained by donation or exchange. If asked, the General Services Administrator must transfer control of surplus federal land in Hawaii to the Secretary without charge to help make a swap. The Secretary must talk with the State when swapping with the State, and lands that were ceded to the United States cannot be used for such exchanges. Land acquired this way becomes part of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and follows the park’s laws and rules. Up to $700,000 is authorized to help carry out this plan.