Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§207 Exchange of Certain Lands; Adjustment of Boundary

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXII — LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK › § 207

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can accept for the United States ownership of a ten-acre tract next to Lassen Volcanic National Park described as the W½ W½ NW¼ NE¼ of section 30, township 30 north, range 6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian. In return, the Secretary can give the landowner ten acres inside the park described as the SW¼ NE¼ NE¼ of section 30, township 30 north, range 6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian. Once the United States accepts the new land, it becomes part of the park and must follow all park laws. When the patent for the exchanged land is issued, that land is removed from the park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §207

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States, for inclusion in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, fee simple title to the tract of land containing ten acres, now adjoining said park, and described as the west half west half northwest quarter northeast quarter section 30, township 30 north, range 6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, and in exchange therefor is authorized and empowered to patent to the owner of said land ten acres of land now within said park and described as the southwest quarter northeast quarter northeast quarter section 30, township 30 north, range 6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian: Provided, That the land acquired by the United States under this section and section 207a of this title shall, upon acceptance of title, become and be a part of the Lassen Volcanic National Park and subject to all laws and regulations relating to the lands therein, and the land exchanged therefor shall, upon issuance of patent, be excluded from the park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 207

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102