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16 U.S.C. § 402 — Existing claims, locations, or entries not affected; exchange of lands
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Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States prior to June 7, 1924, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in Bryce Canyon National Park for unappropriated and unreserved public lands of equal value and approximately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said park.
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Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States prior to June 7, 1924, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in Bryce Canyon National Park for unappropriated and unreserved public lands of equal value and approximately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said park.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in Zion National Park for unappropriated and unreserved public lands of equal value and approximately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said park.
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The area within the State of Utah described in [section 401 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section401&num=0&edition=prelim), providing for the establishment of the Utah National Park, shall be, when established as a national park, known as the Bryce Canyon National Park.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 402
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Utah National Park’’ changed to ‘‘Bryce Canyon Na-
tional Park’’ by section 1 of act Feb. 25, 1928, classified
to section 402a of this title.
§ 402. Existing claims, locations, or entries not af-
fected; exchange of lands
Nothing herein contained shall affect any
valid claim, location, or entry existing under
the land laws of the United States prior to June
7, 1924, whether for homestead, mineral, right-
of-way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or
shall affect the rights of any such claimant, lo-
cator, or entryman to the full use and enjoy-
ment of his land. The Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to exchange, in his discretion,
alienated lands in Bryce Canyon National Park
for unappropriated and unreserved public lands
of equal value and approximately equal area in
the State of Utah outside of said park.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 305, § 3, 43 Stat. 594; Feb. 25,
1928, ch. 102, § 1, 45 Stat. 147.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 7, 1924,
which is classified to sections 346, 401 and 402 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables.
The land laws of the United States, referred to in
text, are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
CODIFICATION
The last sentence of this section as originally enacted
is expressly applicable also to Zion National Park. See
section 346 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Utah National Park’’ changed to ‘‘Bryce Canyon Na-
tional Park’’ by section 1 of act Feb. 25, 1928, classified
to section 402a of this title.
§ 402a. Utah National Park; change of name to
Bryce Canyon National Park
The area wit
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