Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§45a–2 Exchange of certain lands for lands conveyed to United States

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 45a–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may trade land of equal value for land the United States receives. If the owner gives Tract A to the United States, the Secretary can give the owner Tract D instead, subject to any conditions the Secretary requires; Tract D is about 2.50 acres in the southeast quarter of section 33, township 16 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California. If the owners give Tracts B and C to the United States, the Secretary can give them Tract E instead; Tract E is about 188 acres in township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian. Tract E includes the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4 (subject to section 818 of this title), the south half of the northeast quarter of section 5, and about 68 acres of the north half of the southeast quarter of section 5, excluding the surveyed 200‑foot strip shown on map “D” of exhibit “K” filed with the Federal Power Commission on December 12, 1923.

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Title 16, §45a–2

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In exchange for the conveyance to the United States of tract A, as provided in section 45a–1 of this title, the Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to patent to the owner of tract A, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem necessary, certain lands of approximately equal value described as follows: Tract D. A portion of the southeast quarter of section 33, township 16 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California, comprising approximately two and fifty one-hundredths acres. In exchange for the conveyance to the United States of tracts B and C, as provided in section 45a–1 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to patent, in a similar manner, to the owner of tracts B and C certain lands of approximately equal value described as follows: Tract E. The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4, which shall be subject to section 818 of this title; the south half of the northeast quarter of section 5; and approximately sixty-eight acres of the north half of the southeast quarter of section 5, which shall not include the surveyed two-hundred-foot strip as shown on map “D” of exhibit “K”, entitled “Detailed Map of Kaweah Project of the Southern California Edison Company, Ltd.”, and filed in the office of the Federal Power Commission on December 12, 1923; all of said lands in tract E being situated in township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, comprising approximately one hundred and eighty-eight acres.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 45a–2

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73