16 U.S.C. § 391c: Withdrawal of lands for use…

Summary

Transfers up to 6,450 acres of land on the island of Hawaii, inside Hawaii National Park, from the Interior Department to the Air Force. The tract is described from a starting point called Na Puu O na Elemakule and by specific compass directions and distances down to the high‑water line. The exact portion moved is whatever the Interior Secretary and the Air Force Secretary agree on. The land is for use as an Air Force bombing target range and for other military purposes the Air Force Secretary sets.

Title 16, §391c

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Within a tract of land containing six thousand four hundred fifty acres, more or less, on the island of Hawaii in the Territory of Hawaii, located in the Hawaii National Park, created by section 391, 393 and 394 of this title, and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a place called Na Puu O na Elemakule located at the southeastern corner of the Hawaii National Park, said point being marked by a triangle on a large flat stone, thence by azimuth (measured clockwise from true south) and distances as follows: Eighty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty seconds, three thousand three hundred feet along the southern boundary of Hawaii National Park; one hundred and seventy-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty seconds, fourteen thousand five hundred and fifty feet over and across Pali to a point on Kau Desert Plateau; two hundred and forty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes no seconds, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty feet to a point located above Hilima Pali; three hundred and fifty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty seconds, twelve thousand nine-hundred and ninety feet more or less to high-water line; thence in southwesterly direction along the high-water line to the point of beginning; containing an area of six thousand four hundred and fifty acres, more or less; there shall be withdrawn from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of the Air Force so much thereof as may be agreed upon between the Secretaries of the Air Force and Interior for use as an Air Force bombing target range, and for such other military purposes and uses as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification “Air Force” substituted in text for “War” on authority of section 207(a), (f) of act

July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 502, 503, which established a separate Department of the Air Force. section 207(a), (f) of act

July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces”, which in sections 8011 to 8013 continued military Department of the Air Force under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Air Force.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkDesignation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of Hawaii as Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, effective Sept. 22, 1961, see section 391d of this title.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain real property functions to Secretary of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order Nos. 14, eff.

July 1, 1948, and 40, [App. B(65)],

July 22, 1949. Admission of Hawaii as StateAdmission of Hawaii into the Union was accomplished Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74, as required by section 1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as notes preceding section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

§391c Withdrawal of Lands for Use as Bombing Target Range