Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§430g–2 Exchange of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430g–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may hire qualified, neutral appraisers to value up to 23 acres in Gettysburg National Military Park, located between East Confederate Avenue and Wainwright Avenue next to the current high-school property. If the values are acceptable, the Secretary may transfer that land to Pennsylvania or a local school agency for public school use in exchange for non‑Federal land of about equal value, and the land the United States accepts will become part of the park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430g–2

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to have competent and disinterested appraisals made as to the value of not more than twenty-three acres of land in Gettysburg National Military Park, in the State of Pennsylvania, such land lying generally between East Confederate Avenue and Wainwright Avenue, and being situated adjacent to the present high-school property in that area. Upon the basis of such appraisals, the Secretary is authorized to convey such property for public-school purposes to the State of Pennsylvania, or the appropriate local agency thereof, the conveyance to be made in exchange for non-Federal land of approximately equal value, which land, upon acceptance by the United States, shall become a part of Gettysburg National Military Park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430g–2

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73