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54 U.S.C. § 102901 — Conveyance of property and interests in property in System units or related areas
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**(a) Freehold and Leasehold Interests.—** With respect to any property acquired by the Secretary within a System unit or related area, except property within national parks or within national monuments of scientific significance, the Secretary may convey a freehold or leasehold interest in the property, subject to such terms and conditions as will ensure the use of the property in a manner that is, in the judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the purpose for which the System unit or related area was authorized by Congress. The Secretary shall convey the interest to the highest bidder, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The conveyance shall be at not less than the fair market value of the interest, as determined by the Secretary, except that if the conveyance is proposed within 2 years after the property to be conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, the Secretary shall allow the last owner of record of the property 30 days following the date on which the owner is notified by the Secretary in writing that the property is to be conveyed within which to notify the Secretary that the owner wishes to acquire the interest. On receiving the timely request, the Secretary shall convey the interest to the person, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, on payment or agreement to pay an amount equal to the highest bid price.
**(b) Exchange of Land.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property or interest in property within a System unit or related area under the Secretary’s administration in exchange for any Federally-owned property or interest under the Secretary’s jurisdiction that the Secretary determines is suitable for exchange or other disposal and that is located in th
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**(a) Freehold and Leasehold Interests.—** With respect to any property acquired by the Secretary within a System unit or related area, except property within national parks or within national monuments of scientific significance, the Secretary may convey a freehold or leasehold interest in the property, subject to such terms and conditions as will ensure the use of the property in a manner that is, in the judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the purpose for which the System unit or related area was authorized by Congress. The Secretary shall convey the interest to the highest bidder, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The conveyance shall be at not less than the fair market value of the interest, as determined by the Secretary, except that if the conveyance is proposed within 2 years after the property to be conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, the Secretary shall allow the last owner of record of the property 30 days following the date on which the owner is notified by the Secretary in writing that the property is to be conveyed within which to notify the Secretary that the owner wishes to acquire the interest. On receiving the timely request, the Secretary shall convey the interest to the person, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, on payment or agreement to pay an amount equal to the highest bid price.
**(b) Exchange of Land.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property or interest in property within a System unit or related area under the Secretary’s administration in exchange for any Federally-owned property or interest under the Secretary’s jurisdiction that the Secretary determines is suitable for exchange or other disposal and that is located in the same State as the non-Federal property to be acquired.
(2) **Exception.—** — Timberland subject to harvest under a sustained yield program shall not be exchanged under paragraph (1).
(3) **Public hearing.—** — On request of a State or a political subdivision thereof, or of a party in interest, prior to an exchange under this subsection the Secretary shall hold a public hearing in the area where the properties to be exchanged are located.
(4) **Values of properties exchanged.—** — The values of the properties exchanged—
(A) shall be approximately equal; or
(B) if they are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor from funds appropriated for the acquisition of land for the area, or to the Secretary, as the circumstances require.
**(c) Proceeds Credited to Land and Water Conservation Fund.—** The proceeds received from any conveyance under this section shall be credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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All lands and easements heretofore and hereafter conveyed to the United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee for the right-of-way for the projected parkway between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and landscape development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps heretofore or hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be known as the Natchez Trace Parkway and shall be administered and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”,11 See References in Text note below. the provisions of which Act, as amended and supplemented, are extended over and made applicable to said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to connect with said parkway such roads and trails as may be necessary for the protection, administration, or uti
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**(a) General authority**
(1) **Authority to acquire land** — The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands within the park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or otherwise.
(2) **Minimum Federal interests** — In acquiring lands and interests in lands under sections 430g–4 to 430g–10 of this title, the Secretary shall acquire the minimum Federal interests necessary to achieve the objectives identified for specific areas and the park.
(3) **Method of acquisition for certain land** — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may acquire the properties added to the park by [section 430g–4(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section430g–4/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim) only by donation.
**(b) Authority to convey freehold and leasehold interests within park** The Secretary may convey lands and interests in lands within the park authorized in accordance with subsection (a) of [section 102901 of title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section102901&num=0&edition=prelim), except that, notwithstanding subsection (d) of that section, the net proceeds from any such conveyance may be used, subject to appropriations, to acquire lands and interests within the park.
**(c) Conveyance of lands excluded from park**
(1) The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with applicable existing law, to exchange Federal lands and interests excluded from the park pursuant to [section 430g–4(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section430g–4/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for the purpose of acquiring lands within the park boundary.
(2) If any such Federal lands or interests are not exchanged within five year
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**(a) Exemption From Leasing Requirements.—** [Section 102901 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section102901&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 1302 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section1302&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to leases issued by the Secretary under this section.
**(b) Proceeds From Leases.—** The proceeds from any lease under [section 101335(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section101335/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and any lease under [section 101337 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section101337&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retained by the Service and deposited in the special fund established for maintenance and operation of quarters.
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TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
§ 103101
CHAPTER 1029—LAND TRANSFERS
Sec.
102901.
Conveyance of property and interests in prop-
erty in System units or related areas.
§ 102901. Conveyance of property and interests in
property in System units or related areas
(a) FREEHOLD
AND
LEASEHOLD
INTERESTS.—
With respect to any property acquired by the
Secretary within a System unit or related area,
except property within national parks or within
national monuments of scientific significance,
the Secretary may convey a freehold or lease-
hold interest in the property, subject to such
terms and conditions as will ensure the use of
the property in a manner that is, in the judg-
ment of the Secretary, consistent with the pur-
pose for which the System unit or related area
was authorized by Congress. The Secretary shall
convey the interest to the highest bidder, in ac-
cordance with such regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe. The conveyance shall be at not
less than the fair market value of the interest,
as determined by the Secretary, except that if
the conveyance is proposed within 2 years after
the property to be conveyed is acquired by the
Secretary, the Secretary shall allow the last
owner of record of the property 30 days following
the date on which the owner is notified by the
Secretary in writing that the property is to be
conveyed within which to notify the Secretary
that the owner wishes to acquire the interest.
On receiving the timely request, the Secretary
shall convey the interest to the person, in ac-
cordance with such regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe, on payment or agreement to pay
an amount equal to the highest bid price.
(b) EXCHANGE OF LAND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept
title to an
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