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43 U.S.C. § 2303 — Identification of inholdings
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**(a) In general** The Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a procedure to—
(1) identify, by State, inholdings for which the landowner has indicated a desire to sell the land or interest therein to the United States; and
(2) prioritize the acquisition of inholdings in accordance with [section 2305(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2305/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Public notice** As soon as practicable after July 25, 2000, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide public notice of the procedures referred to in subsection (a), including any information necessary for the consideration of an inholding under [section 2305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2305&num=0&edition=prelim). Such notice shall include publication in the Federal Register and by such other means as the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture determine to be appropriate.
**(c) Identification** An inholding—
(1) shall be considered for identification under this section only if the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture receive notification of a desire to sell from the landowner in response to public notice given under subsection (b); and
(2) shall be deemed to have been established as of the later of—
(A) the earlier of—
(i) the date on which the land was withdrawn from the public domain; or
(ii) the date on which the land was established or designated for special management; or
(B) the date on which the inholding was acquired by the current owner.
**(d) No obligation to convey or acquire** The identification of an inholding under this section creates no obligation on the part of a lan
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**(a) In general** The Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a procedure to—
(1) identify, by State, inholdings for which the landowner has indicated a desire to sell the land or interest therein to the United States; and
(2) prioritize the acquisition of inholdings in accordance with [section 2305(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2305/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Public notice** As soon as practicable after July 25, 2000, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide public notice of the procedures referred to in subsection (a), including any information necessary for the consideration of an inholding under [section 2305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2305&num=0&edition=prelim). Such notice shall include publication in the Federal Register and by such other means as the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture determine to be appropriate.
**(c) Identification** An inholding—
(1) shall be considered for identification under this section only if the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture receive notification of a desire to sell from the landowner in response to public notice given under subsection (b); and
(2) shall be deemed to have been established as of the later of—
(A) the earlier of—
(i) the date on which the land was withdrawn from the public domain; or
(ii) the date on which the land was established or designated for special management; or
(B) the date on which the inholding was acquired by the current owner.
**(d) No obligation to convey or acquire** The identification of an inholding under this section creates no obligation on the part of a landowner to convey the inholding or any obligation on the part of the United States to acquire the inholding.
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**(a) Deposit of proceeds** Notwithstanding any other law (except a law that specifically provides for a proportion of the proceeds to be distributed to any trust funds of any States), the gross proceeds of the sale or exchange of public land under this chapter 11 See References in Text note below. shall be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the “Federal Land Disposal Account”.
**(b) Availability** Amounts in the Federal Land Disposal Account shall be available to the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, without further Act of appropriation, to carry out this chapter.
**(c) Use of the Federal Land Disposal Account**
(1) **In general** — Funds in the Federal Land Disposal Account shall be expended in accordance with this subsection.
(2) **Fund allocation**
(A) *Purchase of land.—* — Except as authorized under subparagraph (C), funds shall be used to purchase lands or interests therein that are otherwise authorized by law to be acquired, and that are—
(i) inholdings;
(ii) adjacent to federally designated areas and contain exceptional resources; or
(iii) adjacent to inaccessible lands open to public hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, or other recreational purposes.
(B) *Inholdings.—* — Not less than 80 percent of the funds allocated for the purchase of land within each State shall be used to acquire inholdings identified under [section 2303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2303&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) *Administrative and other expenses.—* — An amount not to exceed 20 percent of the funds deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account may be used by the Secretary for administrative and other expenses necessary to carry out th
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 2303
Western States (as defined in section 1702(o) of
this title) that is within the boundary of—
(A) a national monument, area of critical
environmental concern, national conserva-
tion area, national riparian conservation
area, national recreation area, national sce-
nic area, research natural area, national
outstanding natural area, priority species
and habitats designated in a land use plan in
accordance with subpart E (entitled ‘‘Fish
and Wildlife’’) of part I of Appendix C of Bu-
reau of Land Management Land Use Plan-
ning Handbook H-1601-1 (Rel 1-1693), a special
recreation management area, or a national
natural landmark managed by the Bureau of
Land Management;
(B) a unit of the National Park System;
(C) a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge
System;
(D) a National Forest or National Grass-
land in the National Forest System; or
(E) an area within which the Secretary or
the Secretary of Agriculture is otherwise au-
thorized by law to acquire lands or interests
therein that is designated as—
(i) wilderness under the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.);
(ii) a wilderness study area;
(iii) a component of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers System under the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.); or
(iv) a component of the National Trails
System under the National Trails System
Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.).
(3) Inaccessible lands that are open to public
hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, or
other recreational purposes
The term ‘‘inaccessible lands that are open
to public hunting, fishing, recreational shoot-
ing, or other recreational purposes’’ means
public lands in Alaska and the eleven contig-
uous Western States (as defined in section 1702
of this title) consisting of at least 640 con
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