Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§251b Exchange of Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXVII— OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK › § 251b
Summary
Interior Secretary may swap 6,608.96 acres next to the Queets Corridor and Ocean Strip (land the federal government bought for public works) for nonfederal land in the park if values are approximately equal.
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Title 16, §251b
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange approximately six thousand six hundred eight and ninety-six one-hundredths acres of land adjacent to the Queets Corridor and Ocean Strip portions of Olympic National Park, which were originally acquired by the Federal Government for public works purposes, for lands and interest in lands not in Federal ownership within the exterior boundaries of the park: Provided, That the lands so exchanged shall be of approximately equal value.
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16 U.S.C. § 251b
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60