§410t Acquisition and Transfer of Lands; Private Owner’s Retention of Right of Use and Occupancy

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can get land for the park by donation, donated money, or money Congress allows. Federal land inside the park area can be moved to Interior control if the other agency agrees. The park will be called Minute Man National Historical Park in the Federal Register once the Secretary finds enough land has been bought or donated. The Secretary must transfer two Interior-run parcels to the Secretary of Defense without payment as shown on the map dated April 1990, NARO–406/80805, and the Secretary of Defense must transfer four parcels to Interior without payment for inclusion in the park as shown on the maps dated April 1990, NARO–406/80804 and NARO–406/80805. For the areas added in 1991, the Secretary can get land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange, with two limits: land owned by the State of Massachusetts or its local governments can only be taken by donation, and private homes used for noncommercial residential purposes as of July 1, 1991, can only be bought with the owner’s consent unless the Secretary decides the property is being developed or planned in a way that harms the park’s values. If the Secretary buys such private property, the owner may keep the right to use and live on it for a fixed term up to 25 years or until the owner’s or owner’s spouse’s death, whichever is later, and the Secretary must pay the owner the fair market value at the date of acquisition minus the value of the right kept. Ownership is measured as of July 1, 1991.