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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§430a–2 Acquisition of Lands Within Revised Boundary

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430a–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can get land or rights to land inside the park’s new boundary by buying it, accepting donations or donated money, or by swapping lands. Swaps can use federal lands of about equal value that were left out of the park under sections 430a–1 through 430a–3. If the Secretary decides any of those excluded federal lands are not needed for swaps, they must be handled under chapters 1–11 of title 40 and division C of subtitle I of title 41, except for sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430a–2

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands within the revised boundary by purchase, donation, with donated funds, or by exchange, utilizing for such exchanges federally owned lands of approximately equal value excluded from the park pursuant to sections 430a–1 to 430a–3 of this title. Federally owned lands so excluded which the Secretary of the Interior determines are not needed for such exchanges shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41.

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Editorial Notes

Codification In text, “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

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16 U.S.C. § 430a–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60