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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§410gg–1 Acquisition of Property

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–E— BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK › § 410gg–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to get land, water, and related property rights inside the park boundary by donation, by buying them with donated or government money, or by exchanging property. Land owned by the State of Florida or its local governments can only be taken by donation and must follow any limits set by Florida law. Federal land already controlled by the Secretary moves to National Park Service management for the park. Federal land controlled by other agencies will move to the Secretary when those agencies no longer need it. Congress wants the Secretary to finish most land buying within three complete fiscal years after this subchapter takes effect. Property owners inside the park can ask the Secretary to buy their land, and the Secretary must promptly and carefully consider those requests, depending on available funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410gg–1

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(a)Within the boundary of the park the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that property owned by the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation, and subject to such reservations and restrictions as may be provided by Florida law. Lands, waters, and interests therein within such boundary which are owned by the United States and under the control of the Secretary are hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service to be managed for the purposes of the park. Any federally owned lands within the park which are not under the control of the Secretary shall be transferred to his control for purposes of the park at such time as said lands cease to be needed by the agencies which currently control them.
(b)It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary shall substantially complete the land acquisition program authorized herein within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this subchapter. Any owner of property within the park may notify the Secretary of the desire of such owner that his property be promptly acquired, and the Secretary shall give immediate and careful consideration, subject to the availability of funds, to the prompt acquisition of such property.

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The

Effective Date

of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96–287, which was approved on June 28, 1980.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410gg–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60