Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§407m–7 Exchange of Property

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LI— INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 407m–7

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may transfer, for the United States, a part of Independence National Historical Park (Project B) measuring 15,650 square feet, give or take, at the northeast corner of South Fifth Street and Marshall Court (formerly Manning Street) in Philadelphia to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia in exchange for property the Authority owns of approximately equal value that the Secretary finds necessary for park use. Land given away will stop being park land, and land acquired will become park land and must follow the park’s laws and rules.

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Title 16, §407m–7

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey on behalf of the United States a certain tract of land, or any interest therein, being a portion of Independence National Historical Park project B, embracing fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty square feet, more or less, and situate on the northeast corner of South Fifth Street and Marshall Court (formerly Manning Street), city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, together with the improvements thereon, to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia in exchange for property, or interest therein, owned by the authority of approximately equal value and which the Secretary deems necessary for use in connection with the Independence National Historical Park. Property conveyed by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall thereupon cease to be a part of the park, and the property acquired in exchange therefor shall thereafter be a part of the park, subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the park.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 407m–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60