§410tt–2 Acquisition of land

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can acquire land or land rights inside the park by donation, by buying it with donated or government money, or by swapping land. This does not stop the Government of the United States Virgin Islands from also getting land inside the park. Land owned by the United States Virgin Islands or its local governments can only be acquired by donation or by swap. No property that had a dwelling inside the park on July 1, 1991, may be taken without the owner’s permission unless the Secretary, after talking with the USVI government, finds the land is being developed or planned in a way that would harm the park’s natural, scenic, historic, or other values.