16 U.S.C. § 441m: Disposition of excess…

Summary

Federal land in the Badlands Air Force gunnery range that the Air Force no longer needs, plus certain lands the United States bought under the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 and later relief acts inside the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (administration moved to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order No. 7868 on April 15, 1938), are covered by these rules. People who used to own Native American land in the gunnery range and that was outside the park on August 8, 1968 may, within the time set in section 441l(b)(5), either buy a similar-value available tract or buy back their old tract when it is later declared excess and transferred to the Interior under section 441l(a). Former owners of tracts inside the park that were taken for the gunnery range and transferred under section 441k may, in the same time period, choose a life estate (the right to use or live on the land for life) at no cost but with park use rules, or buy a similar-value available tract. All purchases follow the terms in section 441l(b).

Title 16, §441m

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(a)Gunnery range lands; reservation lands

All Federal lands and interests in lands within the Badlands Air Force gunnery range that are outside the boundaries of the park, and that have been declared excess to the needs of the Department of the Air Force, and that are not purchased by former owners under section 441l(b) of this title, and all lands that have been acquired by the United States under authority of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), and subsequent relief Acts, situated within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, administrative jurisdiction over which has heretofore been transferred by the President from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order Numbered 7868, dated April 15, 1938, shall be subject to the following provisions of this section.

(b)Purchases

Any former Indian owner of land that is within the Badlands Air Force gunnery range and outside the boundaries of the park and that has not been declared excess to the needs of the Department of the Air Force on August 8, 1968, may, within the period specified in section 441l(b)(5) of this title, elect (i) to purchase an available tract of land described in subsection (a) of substantially the same value, or (ii) to purchase the tract formerly owned by him at such time as such tract is declared excess and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior as provided in section 441l(a) of this title.

(c)Life estates and use restrictions

Any former Indian owner of a tract of land within the boundaries of the park that was acquired by the United States for the Badlands Air Force gunnery range, and that is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 441k of this title, may, within the period specified in section 441l(b)(5) of this title, elect (i) to acquire from the Secretary of the Interior a life estate in such tract at no cost, subject to restrictions on use that may be prescribed in regulations applicable to the park, or (ii) to purchase an available tract of land described in subsection (a) of substantially the same value.

(d)Purchase restrictions

Purchases under subsection (b) and clause (ii) of subsection (c) of this section shall be made on the terms provided in section 441l(b) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The National Industrial Recovery Act of

June 16, 1933, referred to in subsec. (a), is act

June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195. Title II of the Act was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was terminated

June 30, 1943 by act

June 27, 1942, ch. 450, § 1, 56 Stat. 410. Provisions of title II of the Act which were classified to former Title 40 were repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Executive Order Numbered 7868, dated

April 15, 1938, referred to in subsec. (a), was not classified to the Code.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Word “park” substituted for “monument” in subsecs. (a) to (c) pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, § 611, which is classified to section 441e–1 of this title and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.

§441m Disposition of Excess Gunnery Range Lands and Reservation Lands; Purchase; Terms and Conditions; Life Estates and Use Restrictions