§ 410hhh-6. — Acquisition of property and boundary adjustments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410hhh-6]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-FF--GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE
Sec. 410hhh-6. Acquisition of property and boundary adjustments
(a) Acquisition authority
(1) Within the area depicted on the map as the ``Acquisition Area''
or the national monument, the Secretary may acquire lands and interests
therein by purchase, donation, transfer from another Federal agency, or
exchange: Provided, That lands or interests therein may only be acquired
with the consent of the owner thereof.
(2) Lands or interests therein owned by the State of Colorado, or a
political subdivision thereof, may only be acquired by donation or
exchange.
(b) Boundary adjustment
As soon as practicable after the acquisition of any land or interest
under this section, the Secretary shall modify the boundary of the unit
to which the land is transferred pursuant to subsection (b) \1\ of this
section to include any land or interest acquired.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subsection (c)''.
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(c) Administration of acquired lands
(1) General authority
Upon acquisition of lands under subsection (a) of this section,
the Secretary shall, as appropriate--
(A) transfer administrative jurisdiction of the lands to the
National Park Service--
(i) for addition to and management as part of the Great
Sand Dunes National Monument, or
(ii) for addition to and management as part of the Great
Sand Dunes National Park (after designation of the Park) or
the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve; or
(B) transfer administrative jurisdiction of the lands to the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service for addition to and
administration as part of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.
(2) Forest service administration
(A) Any lands acquired within the area depicted on the map as
being located within Zone B shall be transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture and shall be added to and managed as part of the Rio
Grande National Forest.
(B) For the purposes of section 460l-9 of this title, the
boundaries of the Rio Grande National Forest, as revised by the
transfer of land under paragraph (A), shall be considered to be the
boundaries of the national forest.
(Pub. L. 106-530, Sec. 8, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2532.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 410hhh-1 of this title.
