§2303 Identification of Inholdings

Summary

The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture must set up a system to list, by State, private parcels inside federal lands where the owner says they want to sell, and to set priorities for buying those parcels under the rules in section 2305(c)(3). They must announce this system to the public as soon as they can after July 25, 2000, and again from time to time, including a notice in the Federal Register and other ways they choose, and give any information needed to apply. A parcel will only be counted if the owner tells them they want to sell after those notices. The date a parcel is treated as an inholding is the later of: (A) the earlier of (i) the date the land was withdrawn from the public domain or (ii) the date it was set aside for special management, or (B) the date the current owner bought it. Listing a parcel does not force an owner to sell or the United States to buy.