§ 167a. — Exchange of lands and other property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC167a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XX--GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 167a. Exchange of lands and other property
(a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept title to
any non-Federal lands, interests in lands, buildings, or other property,
real or personal, within the authorized boundaries of the Glacier
National Park, as now or after August 8, 1946, established, when the
acquisition by exchange of such property would, in his judgment, be in
the best interests of the United States. In exchange for the non-Federal
property so to be acquired, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized
to convey to the grantors of such property, or to their nominees, any
federally owned lands, interests in lands, buildings, or other property,
real or personal, within the authorized boundaries of the Glacier
National Park, located in the State of Montana and administered by the
National Park Service, which are of approximately equal value, as
determined by the Secretary, to the property being acquired. In order to
facilitate the making of such exchanges, the Secretary of the Interior
may enter into agreements for the reservation in conveyances to the
United States, or for the grant in conveyances from the United States,
of such estates for years, life estates, or other interests as may be
consistent, in his judgment, with the accomplishment of the purposes of
this section, but all such limitations shall be considered in
determining the equality of the interests to be exchanged.
(b) Any property acquired pursuant to this section shall, upon
acceptance of title thereto, become a part of the Glacier National Park,
and shall be subject to all laws applicable to such area. The Secretary
of the Interior is authorized to issue such regulations as he deems
necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section.
(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 915, Secs. 1, 2, 60 Stat. 949.)
Codification
Subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section constitute sections 1 and 2,
respectively, of act Aug. 8, 1946.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
