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§407m–7 Exchange of property

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LI— - INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 407m–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may transfer a part of Independence National Historical Park (Project B) — about 15,650 square feet at the northeast corner of South Fifth Street and Marshall Court (formerly Manning Street) in Philadelphia, plus the buildings on it — to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. The transfer can be an exchange for property or interests the Authority owns that are of approximately equal value and that the Secretary believes are needed for the park; the land given away will stop being park land, and the land received will become park land and follow the same park laws and rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §407m–7

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey on behalf of the United States a certain tract of land, or any interest therein, being a portion of Independence National Historical Park project B, embracing fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty square feet, more or less, and situate on the northeast corner of South Fifth Street and Marshall Court (formerly Manning Street), city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, together with the improvements thereon, to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia in exchange for property, or interest therein, owned by the authority of approximately equal value and which the Secretary deems necessary for use in connection with the Independence National Historical Park. Property conveyed by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall thereupon cease to be a part of the park, and the property acquired in exchange therefor shall thereafter be a part of the park, subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the park.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 407m–7

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73