§ 271a. — Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary; exchange of property; cash equalization payments; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary; lands subject to reclamation and power withdrawals.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC271a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXIX--CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 271a. Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary;
exchange of property; cash equalization payments; transfer from
Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary;
lands subject to reclamation and power withdrawals
Within the area which lies within the boundaries of the park, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests
in lands by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest. The
Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the park,
including State-owned school sections and riverbed lands, and in
exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property any
federally owned property under his jurisdiction within the State of
Utah, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The properties so
exchanged shall be of the same classification, as near as may be, and
shall be of approximately equal value, and the Secretary shall take
administrative action to complete transfer on any lands in a proper
application by the State of Utah on or before the expiration of one
hundred twenty days following the date of enactment of this Act
[September 12, 1964] or any amendment thereto: Provided, That the
Secretary may accept cash from, or pay cash to, the grantor in such an
exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged.
Federal property located within the boundaries of the park may, with the
concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, without
consideration, for use by him in carrying out the purposes of this
subchapter. Any lands within the boundaries of the park which are
subject to Bureau of Reclamation or Federal Power Commission withdrawals
are hereby freed and exonerated from any such withdrawal and shall, on
September 12, 1964, become a part of the Canyonlands National Park
subject to no qualifications except those imposed by this subchapter or
any amendment thereto.
(Pub. L. 88-590, Sec. 2, Sept. 12, 1964, 78 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 92-154,
Sec. 1(b), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421.)
References in Text
Date of enactment of this Act or any amendment thereto, referred to
in text, means Sept. 12, 1964, date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-590,
originally classified to sections 271 to 271d of this title, and Nov.
12, 1971, date of enactment of Pub. L. 92-154, amendatory of Pub. L. 88-
590 and classified to sections 271 to 271b, 271e to 271g of this title.
Amendments
1971--Pub. L. 92-154 struck out ``described in section 271 of this
title'' after ``Within the area'', inserted in third sentence ``or any
amendment thereto'' after ``the date of enactment of this Act'', and
inserted in fifth sentence ``or any amendment thereto'' after ``this
subchapter''.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
