PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must negotiate with landowners to buy lands or land interests that can expand the Conservation Area. The Secretary can only buy property under the rules already set in this law. The Bureau of Land Management will manage the public lands inside the Acquisition Planning District under federal land law and the agreed management plan. Public lands that touch the Conservation Area will become part of it. State of Arizona keeps its responsibility for fish and wildlife in the District. State, local governments, and private landowners keep their property rights and management powers. Nothing here reduces the Secretary’s or the BLM’s authority over public lands, and the Secretary must coordinate land management with nearby county, State, and private lands while respecting those rights.

Title 16, §460ooo–2

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall negotiate with land owners for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands suitable for Conservation Area expansion that meet the purposes described in section 460ooo–3(a) of this title. The Secretary shall only acquire property under this subchapter pursuant to section 460ooo–6 of this title.

(b)The Secretary, through the Bureau of Land Management, shall administer the public lands within the Acquisition Planning District pursuant to this subchapter and the applicable provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), subject to valid existing rights, and in accordance with the management plan. Such public lands shall become part of the Conservation Area when they become contiguous with the Conservation Area.

(c)Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Arizona with respect to fish and wildlife within the Acquisition Planning District.

(d)Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting any property rights or management authority with regard to any lands or interest in lands held by the State of Arizona, any political subdivision of the State of Arizona, or any private property rights within the boundaries of the Acquisition Planning District.

(e)Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as in any way diminishing the Secretary’s or the Bureau of Land Management’s authorities, rights, or responsibilities for managing the public lands within the Acquisition Planning District.

(f)The Secretary shall coordinate the management of the public lands within the Acquisition Planning District with that of surrounding county, State, and private lands consistent with the provisions of subsection (d).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.

§460ooo–2 Purposes of the Acquisition Planning District