Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 251i. Land acquisition of privately owned land; report to Congress; condemnation proceedings; compensation
Statutory text
The Secretary is directed to acquire in fee all other privately owned lands added to the park by and pursuant to sections 251e to 251m of this title, and to acquire within three years of , so much of such lands as can be acquired by donation, exchange, or purchase, to the extent of available funds, and to report to Congress on the third anniversary of , the estimated amount of appropriations which would be necessary to acquire the remainder, if any, of such lands by condemnation. The compensation for such lands shall be their fair market value on the date of their acquisition, taking into account applicable land use regulations in effect on .
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.
Pub. L. 94–578 title III § 320(f) · 90 Stat. 2732
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 251i
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(f), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(f), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(f) The Secretary is directed to acquire in fee all other privately Land acquisition, report to Congress. 16 USC 251i. owned lands added to the park by and pursuant to this Act, and to acquire within three year’s of adoption of this Act so much of such lands as can be acquired by donation, exchange, or purchase, to the extent of available funds, and to report to Congress on the third anniversary of adoption of this Act the estimated amount of appropriations which would be necessary to acquire the remainder, if any, of such lands by condemnation. The compensation for such lands shall be their fair market value on the date of their acquisition, taking into account applicable laud use regulations in effect on January 1, 1976.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 94–578.