§ 459s. — Lands for certain projects added to certain projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459s]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV--RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Sec. 459s. Lands for certain projects added to certain projects
After June 6, 1942, the lands acquired for the Acadia, French Creek,
Shenandoah, and White Sands recreational demonstration projects shall be
added to and become a part of Acadia National Park, Hopewell Village
National Historic Site, Shenandoah National Park, and White Sands
National Monument, in the order named above, subject to all laws, rules,
and regulations applicable to the respective areas to which such
recreational demonstration projects are added.
(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, Sec. 2, 56 Stat. 327.)
Codification
Proviso directing the Secretary of the Interior to file with the
National Archives within six months after June 6, 1942, a map of each
recreational demonstration project enumerated in the section has been
omitted as executed.
Hopewell Village Boundary Revision
Act July 24, 1946, ch. 604, 60 Stat. 655, provided: ``That the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw from the
Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, all or any part
of the lands added to the Hopewell Village National Historic Site by the
act approved June 6, 1942, entitled `An Act to authorize the disposition
of recreational demonstration projects, and for other purposes [sections
459r to 459t of this title]', which in his opinion are not required for
historic-site purposes. Any lands so withdrawn shall revert to the
status of a recreational demonstration area.''
Silver Creek Recreational Demonstration Project
Act June 9, 1947, ch. 100, 61 Stat. 129, provided: ``That for the
purpose of consolidating Federal holdings of lands acquired for the
Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, in the State of Oregon,
the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to exchange any such
lands for other lands of approximately equal value when in his opinion
such action is in the interest of the United States, the title to any
lands acquired hereunder to be satisfactory to the Attorney General.
Upon the vesting of title thereto in the United States, any lands
acquired pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of the
Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, and shall be subject to
the laws applicable thereto.
``Sec. 2. Upon the conveyance of the Silver Creek recreational
demonstration project to the State of Oregon, or political subdivision
thereof, pursuant to the Act of June 6, 1942 (56 Stat. 326) [sections
459r to 459t of this title], the Secretary of the Interior may authorize
the grantee to exchange or otherwise dispose of any lands so conveyed in
order to acquire other lands of approximately equal value for the
purpose of consolidating the holdings of the grantee, the title to lands
so acquired to be satisfactory to the Attorney General. For the
aforesaid purpose the Secretary is authorized to execute a release, as
to the particular lands involved, of any condition providing for a
reversion of title to the United States, that may be contained in the
conveyance by the United States to said grantee. No such release shall
be executed, however, unless the grantee shall agree, in form
satisfactory to the Secretary, that the lands to be acquired by it shall
be subject to the conditions contained in the original conveyance from
the United States, except that, in lieu of a provision for reversion,
the grantee shall agree to convey said lands to the United States upon a
finding by the Secretary in accordance with the procedure provided in
said Act of June 6, 1942, that the grantee has not complied with such
conditions during a period of more than three years. Lands so conveyed
to the United States shall be subject to administration or disposition
in like manner as recreational demonstration project lands that revert
to the United States under the terms of the aforesaid Act.''
Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area
Act Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 903, 68 Stat. 791, provided: ``That the
Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of consolidating Federal
holdings of land acquired for the Catoctin recreational demonstration
area, Frederick County, Maryland, is hereby empowered, in his
discretion, to obtain for the United States land and interests in lands
held in private ownership within the established watersheds and
boundaries of said recreational demonstration area by accepting from the
owners of such privately owned land complete relinquishment thereof, and
the Secretary may grant to such owners in exchange therefor, in each
instance, federally owned lands of approximately equal value now a part
of the Catoctin recreational demonstration area, that he considers are
not essential for the administration, control, and operation of the
aforesaid recreational demonstration area. Any land acquired by the
United States pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of the
Catoctin recreational demonstration area upon the vesting of title in
the United States, and shall be subject to the laws applicable
thereto.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459r, 459t, 459u of this
title.
