§ 271a. Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary; exchange of property; cash equalization payments; transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary; lands subject to reclamation and power withdrawals

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. 1964

   Pub. L. 88–590 § 2 · 78 Stat. 934

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 271a

   Pub. L. 88–590, § 2, Sept. 12, 1964, 78 Stat. 937

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 88–590, § 2, Sept. 12, 1964, 78 Stat. 937

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Within the area described in section 1 hereof or which lies Acquisition of lands. within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest. The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the park, including State-owned school sections and riverbed lands, and in exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property any federally owned property under his jurisdiction within the State of Utah, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The properties so exchanged shall be of the same classification, as near as may be, and shall be of approximately equal value, and the Secretary shall take administrative action to complete transfer on any lands in a proper application by the State of Utah on or before the expiration of one hundred twenty days following the date of enactment of tins Act: Provided, That the Secretary may accept cash from, or pay cash to, the grantor in such an exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. Federal property located within the boundaries of the park may, with the concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, without consideration, for use by him in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Any lands within the boundaries of the park which are subject to Bureau of Reclamation or Federal Power Commission withdrawals are hereby freed and exonerated from any such withdrawal and shall, on the date of enactment of this Act, become a part of the Canyonlands National Park subject to no qualifications except those imposed by this Act.

2. 1971

   Pub. L. 92–154 § 1(b) · 85 Stat. 421

   1. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 271a

      Pub. L. 92–154 struck out “described in section 271 of this title” after “Within the area”

   2. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 271a

      Pub. L. 92–154 inserted in third sentence “or any amendment thereto” after “the date of enactment of this Act”

   3. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 271a

      Pub. L. 92–154 inserted in fifth sentence “or any amendment thereto” after “this subchapter”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 92–154 struck out “described in section 271 of this title” after “Within the area”, inserted in third sentence “or any amendment thereto” after “the date of enactment of this Act”, and inserted in fifth sentence “or any amendment thereto” after “this subchapter”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in the first sentence, delete the words “described in section 1 hereof or” which appear after the word “area”;

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision