§ 119. — Establishment; notice in Federal Register; administration; exchange and acquisition of lands; remaining funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC119]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XIII--PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 119. Establishment; notice in Federal Register;
administration; exchange and acquisition of lands; remaining
funds
In order to permit the establishment of the Petrified Forest
National Monument, Arizona, and other lands as provided for herein, as
the Petrified Forest National Park, such national park shall be
established (a) after title to all of the lands described in section
119a of this title shall have been vested in the United States, with the
exception of such easements and rights-of-way for railroad, public
utilities, and highway purposes as may be acceptable to the Secretary of
the Interior, and (b) when notification of the effective date of such
establishment of the park, as determined by the said Secretary, is
published in the Federal Register. Disestablishment of the Petrified
Forest National Monument shall be effected concurrently with the
establishment of the park.
The Petrified Forest National Park shall be preserved and
administered in its natural condition by the Secretary of the Interior
for the public benefit in accordance with the general laws governing
areas of the National Park System and in accordance with the basic
policies relating thereto as prescribed by sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of
this title.
The exchange authority prescribed for the Petrified Forest National
Monument in sections 444 and 444a of this title, is hereby extended to
all the lands within the Petrified Forest National Park as herein
authorized.
For the purposes of this section and section 119a of this title, the
Secretary is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider
to be in the public interest, any non-Federal land or interests in land
within the area hereby authorized to be established as the Petrified
Forest National Park. In acquiring any State-owned land or interests
therein within the aforesaid area, such property may be procured by the
United States without regard to any limitations heretofore prescribed by
the Congress relating to the disposal of State-owned properties.
Upon establishment of the Petrified Forest National Park, as
authorized by this section and section 119a of this title, any remaining
balance of funds that may be available for purposes of the Petrified
Forest National Monument shall thereafter be available for expenditure
for purposes of the Petrified Forest National Park.
(Pub. L. 85-358, Sec. 1, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 69.)
Transfer of Jurisdiction, Air Force Housing at Radar Bomb Scoring Site,
Holbrook, Arizona
Pub. L. 103-337, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2844, Oct. 5, 1994, 108
Stat. 3068, provided that:
``(a) Transfer Authorized.--As part of the closure of an Air Force
Radar Bomb Scoring Site located near Holbrook, Arizona, the Secretary of
the Air Force may transfer, without reimbursement, the administrative
jurisdiction, accountability, and control of the housing units and
associated support facilities used in connection with the site to the
Secretary of the Interior for use in connection with Petrified Forest
National Park.
``(b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal
description of the real property to be transferred under subsection (a)
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Air
Force and the Secretary of the Interior.
``(c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the Air
Force may require such additional terms and conditions in connection
with the transfer of real property under subsection (a) as the Secretary
considers appropriate.''
