§ 283a. — Acquisition of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC283a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 283a. Acquisition of lands
(a) Authority of Secretary; manner and place; concurrence of State owner
Within the boundaries of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the
Secretary of the Interior may acquire land or interests therein by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or in
such other manner as he deems to be in the public interest. Any
property, or interest therein, owned by the State of Texas, or any
political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only with the concurrence
of such owner.
(b) Adjacent or vicinal land; exchange of property; cash equalization
payments
In order to facilitate the acquisition of privately owned lands in
the park by exchange and avoid the payment of severance costs, the
Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 4,667 acres of land
or interests in land which lie adjacent to or in the vicinity of the
park. Land so acquired outside the park boundary may be exchanged by the
Secretary on an equal-value basis, subject to such terms, conditions,
and reservations as he may deem necessary, for privately owned land
located within the park. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash
to the grantor in such exchange in order to equalize the values of the
properties exchanged. In order to provide for an adequate entrance road
into the McKittrick Canyon area of the park, the Secretary may accept
title to and interests in lands comprising a right-of-way for a road or
roads outside of the boundary of the park from United States Highway
numbered 62 and 180 to the park boundary, and in exchange therefor he
may convey title to and interests in lands comprising a right-of-way
from said highway to the boundary which have been donated to the United
States. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in
such exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties
exchanged. Lands and interests in lands comprising the right-of-way
acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be administered as part of
the park.
(Pub. L. 89-667, Sec. 2, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 94-174,
Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1029.)
Amendments
1975--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-174 inserted provisions relating to
the exchange of lands in order to provide for an adequate entrance road
into the McKittrick Canyon area of the park.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 283e of this title.
