Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410q Exchange of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIV— - EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410q

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can accept ownership of specific lands near Everglades City, Florida to help run and use Everglades National Park. These are the parts of tracts R and S west of State Road 29, plus lots 1 through 9 of block 40, shown on N.P.S. Map No. EVE–NP–E–1 dated June 23, 1959, measuring 18.98 acres, 1.32 acres, and 3.17 acres. The Secretary can also take up to 15 acres of nearby submerged land if needed. In return, the Secretary can give the owners the United States’ interest in Tract L (9.09 acres) and block 34 (1.65 acres) in or near Everglades City.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410q

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In order to further the administration and use of the Everglades National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States title to the following described parcels of land: Those parts of tracts “R” and “S” which lie west of the right-of-way of State Road Numbered 29, and lots 1 to 9, inclusive, of block 40, in Everglades City, Florida, comprising 18.98, 1.32, and 3.17 acres, respectively, as shown on N.P.S. Map No. EVE–NP–E–1, dated June 23, 1959, of Everglades City, Florida; and not to exceed 15 acres of submerged lands lying adjacent to said tracts “R” and “S”, if such additional lands are considered necessary by the Secretary of the Interior to permit full utilization of the lands above described; and, in exchange for such parcels of land, to convey to the owner or owners thereof all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described parcels of land within the Everglades National Park: Tract “L” and block 34, comprising 9.09 and 1.65 acres, respectively, lying in or in the vicinity of Everglades City, Florida.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410q

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73