§ 398a. — Conditions and limitations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC398a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLIV--VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 398a. Conditions and limitations
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized subject to the following
conditions and limitations, to proceed in such manner as he shall find
to be necessary in the public interest to consummate the establishment
of the Virgin Islands National Park:
(a) The acreage of the national park shall be limited to a total of
not more than nine thousand five hundred acres of land area, such total
to be comprised of not more than fifteen acres on the island of Saint
Thomas, and not more than nine thousand four hundred and eighty-five
additional acres to be comprised of portions of the island of Saint John
and such small islands, rocks, and cays not in excess of five hundred
acres in the general vicinity thereof as may be desirable for inclusion
within the park;
(b) Tentative exterior boundary lines, to include land not in excess
of the aforesaid acreage limitations, may be selected for the park in
order to establish the particular areas in which land may be acquired
pursuant to this section and section 398 of this title, such tentative
boundaries to be selected and adjusted as may be necessary by Secretary
of the Interior;
(c) The Secretary, on behalf of the United States, is authorized to
accept donations of real and personal property within the areas selected
for the park until such time as the aforesaid total of nine thousand
five hundred acres shall have been acquired for the park by the United
States, and he may also accept donations of funds for the purposes of
this section and section 398 of this title. Notwithstanding the acreage
limitations and boundary designations contained in this section, the
Secretary is authorized to accept through donation, or purchase from a
willing seller, the real and personal property located on Lots 251-252
Estate Contant Enighed, Parcels 86B and 86AA Cruz Bay Quarter;
(d) Any Federal properties situated within the areas selected for
the park, upon agreement by the particular agency administering such
properties that such properties should be made available for the park,
may be transferred without further authorization to the Secretary by
such agency for purposes of this section and section 398 of this title;
(e) Establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, in its
initial phase, shall be and is declared to be accomplished and effective
for purposes of administration when a minimum acreage of not less than
five thousand acres in Federal ownership for purposes of this section
and section 398 of this title shall have been acquired by the United
States in specific areas containing such acquired lands to be designated
by the Secretary; and
(f) Notice of the establishment of the park as authorized and
prescribed by this section and section 398 of this title shall be
published in the Federal Register.
(Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 940; Pub. L. 95-348,
Sec. 7(b)(6), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 495.)
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-348 inserted provisions relating to
acceptance through donation or purchase of the real and personal
property located on Lots 251-252 Estate Contant Enighed.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 398, 398c, 398d of this
title; title 48 section 1705.
