§430h–7 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Removes the lands shown as "Proposed Deletions" on the May 1990 Vicksburg National Military Park map from the park and gives control of those lands back to the State of Mississippi. The map (no. 306–80,007) is kept at the National Park Service and available for public viewing. For four years after October 18, 1990, the Secretary of the Interior may sell some or all of those lands to owners of adjoining property if they apply. Buyers must pay the land’s fair market value plus transfer costs like surveys, appraisals, and filing and recording fees. Any land not sold will be reported to the General Services Administration as excess federal property and handled under the usual federal property rules.

Title 16, §430h–7

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(a)The park boundary is hereby revised to exclude those lands depicted as “Proposed Deletions” on the map entitled “Vicksburg National Military Park” numbered 306–80,007 and dated May 1990, which map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Exclusive jurisdiction over the lands excluded from the park is hereby retroceded to the State of Mississippi.

(b)(1)For a period ending four years after October 18, 1990, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized to convey title to all or part of the lands referred to in subsection (a) to an owner of property adjacent to such lands, upon the application of such owner.

(2)No property shall be conveyed unless the application referred to in paragraph (1) is accompanied by a payment in an amount equal to—

(A)the fair market value of the land to be conveyed; and

(B)the administrative costs of such transfer incurred by the Secretary, including the costs of surveys, appraisals, and filing and recording fees.

(c)Any lands not conveyed pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reported to the Administrator of General Services as excess to the needs of the Department of the Interior and shall be subject to transfer or disposition in accordance with chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41.

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Codification In subsec. (c), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

§430h–7 Exclusion of lands from park

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Title 16, §430h–7

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