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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 228c. Acquisition of lands within enlarged boundaries by donation, purchase, or exchange; transfer of jurisdiction over Federal lands

Statutory text

(a)

Within the boundaries of the Grand Canyon National Park, as enlarged by sections 228a to 228j of this title, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may acquire land and interest in land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

(b)

Federal lands within the boundaries of such park are hereby transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of sections 228a to 228j of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 93–620 § 4 · 88 Stat. 2089

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 228c

    (Pub. L. 93–620, § 4, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2090.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–620, § 4, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2090.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. acquisition of lands by donation or exchange (a) Within the boundaries of the Grand Canyon National Park, as enlarged by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may acquire land and interest in land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. (b) Federal lands within the boundaries of such park are hereby transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–620, § 4, , 88 Stat. 2090.)

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