Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§410r–3 Acceptance of Additional Lands; Lands Acquired as Part of Park; Reimbursement of Revolving Fund

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIV — EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410r–3

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration (USDA) a transfer of about 4,420 acres inside Everglades National Park in Dade County, Florida. The land is described in a master deed dated December 21, 1962, in the case titled “The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Toni Iori et al.,” No. 61C–3823, recorded in Dade County official records, book 3494, page 457, or in later changes. The land will be managed as part of the park. The Farmers Home Administration must be fully repaid from its emergency credit revolving fund for any costs it paid for the land before it transfers the property. The Secretary may accept the land only after the United States holds title to it.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410r–3

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept a transfer from the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, which transfer is hereby authorized, of a tract of land consisting of approximately four thousand four hundred and twenty acres, lying within the boundaries of Everglades National Park, in Dade County, Florida, and more particularly described in the masters deed dated December 21, 1962, in the proceeding entitled “The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company against Toni Iori, a single man; Peter Iori and Helen Iori, his wife, d/b/a Iori Bros., et al.,” No. 61C–3823, in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Dade County, and recorded in the official records of said county in book 3494 at page 457, or in any modification of such masters deed, for administration as a part of the Everglades National Park. Such transfer will be made by the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture, to the Secretary of Interior, only after the Farmers Home Administration’s emergency credit revolving fund has been fully reimbursed for all cost incurred by it in connection with the aforesaid land. Such transfer may be accepted when title to the property is vested in the United States.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410r–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110