§ 110c. — Boundary adjustments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC110c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XI--MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 110c. Boundary adjustments
(a) Park boundary adjustments
The boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park as established in
the Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended; (16 U.S.C. 91-
110b),\1\ are further revised to add to the Park approximately two
hundred and forty acres, and to exclude from the park approximately
thirty-one and one-half acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments'',
numbered 105-80,010B and dated January 1987, which shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Washington office of the National
Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and at Mount
Rainier National Park.
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(b) Forest boundary adjustment
The boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and of the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest, are hereby revised to include in the Snoqualmie
National Forest approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, to exclude
from the Snoqualmie National Forest approximately thirty acres, and to
exclude from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest approximately two
hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mount
Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments'', numbered
105-80,010B, and dated January 1987, which shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Washington, District of Columbia
office of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
and at the Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests.
(c) Administration of park land
(1) Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the
boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, which are included within the boundary of the Mount
Rainier National Park pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid
existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction
of the Secretary of the Interior for administration as part of the Park,
and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of the Park.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept either
concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over lands and waters included
within Mount Rainier National Park by this Act. The Secretary shall
notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the
acceptance of any such jurisdiction ceded to the United States by the
State. The existing exclusive Federal jurisdiction, where it exists in
the Park, shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary and
the Governor shall agree upon the terms and conditions of concurrent
legislative jurisdiction for said Park pursuant to section 251l of this
title.
(3) Authorization of Land Acquisition.--The Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to acquire from willing sellers by donation,
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, bequest, or
otherwise all non-Federal lands, waters, and interests therein included
within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park pursuant to this
Act.
(d) Administration of forest land
(1) Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the
boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park, which are excluded
therefrom and are included within the boundaries of the Snoqualmie
National Forest pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid existing
rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of the Forest, and
shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the
National Forest System.
(2) For the purposes of section 460l-9 of this title, the boundaries
of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National
Forest, as modified pursuant to this Act, shall be treated as if they
were the boundaries of those national forests on January 1, 1965.
(3) Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington,
the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands
excluded from the boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park by this
Act is hereby retroceded to the State.
(Pub. L. 100-668, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3965.)
References in Text
Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended, referred to in
subsec. (a), is act Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, 30 Stat. 993, which enacted
sections 91, 92, and 93 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Tables.
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), is Pub. L. 100-668,
Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3961, which enacted section 110c of this title,
amended sections 90b, 90c-1, 90d-4, 251n, 256b, 256c, and 1274 of this
title, and enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set
out under section 1132 of this title and provisions set out as a note
under sections 90 and 251n of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out
under section 90 of this title and Tables.
