§410t Acquisition and transfer of lands; private owner’s retention of right of use and occupancy

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can get land for the Minute Man National Historical Park by donation, with donated money, or with funds Congress allows. Federal land inside the park area can be moved to Interior control with the other agency’s agreement. The park will be officially created by a notice in the Federal Register once enough land is acquired. The Secretary must transfer, without payment, two parcels now managed by Interior shown on the April 1990 map NARO–406/80805 to the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense must transfer, without payment, four parcels shown on the April 1990 maps NARO–406/80804 and NARO–406/80805 to Interior for the park. For the 1991 additions, Interior may acquire land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. State-owned land can only be taken by donation. Houses used as noncommercial homes on July 1, 1991 can only be bought with the owner’s consent unless the property is being developed in a way the Secretary finds harmful to park values. A private owner whose land is bought under these rules may keep a right to use and live on the property for up to 25 years from the purchase or until the death of the owner or the owner’s spouse, whichever is later; the owner chooses the term. If the land is not donated, the Secretary must pay fair market value at acquisition minus the value of the retained right. Ownership is fixed as of July 1, 1991.