16 U.S.C. § 157 — Acquisition of lands

Page 101 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 157 term of not more than six months for each of- fense. (Apr. 21, 1904, ch. 1402, § 18, 33 Stat. 220; June 29, 1906, No. 42, 34 Stat. 837; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 153; Pub. L. 94–235, § 5, Mar. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 236.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION A clause of the original text making an appropriation to carry out this provision and a provision for appraise- ment of and payment for all improvements upon the land have been omitted as executed. Provisions requiring the Secretary to cover all money received into the Treasury to the credit of mis- cellaneous receipts were substituted for provisions which permitted the expenditure of such money under the direction of the Secretary for the care and manage- ment of the lands and the preservation of the improve- ments thereon in view of act June 12, 1917, which re- quired the Secretary to cover the receipts of all reve- nues of the national parks into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Platt National Park designation repealed and areas formerly known as Platt National Park made an inte- gral part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area by Pub. L. 94–235, § 5. See section 460hh–4 of this title. REPEALS Pub. L. 94–235, § 5, repealed act June 29, 1906, No. 42, 34 Stat. 837, cited as a credit to this section, under which the name of the reservation at the village of Sul- phur established by section 151 of this title, known as Sulphur Springs Reservation, had been renamed Platt National Park in honor of Orville Hitchcock Platt, former senator from Connecticut ‘‘and for many years a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in rec- ognition of his distinguished services to the Indians and the country.’’ § 153. Existing laws unaffected by admission of Oklahoma; rights and jurisdiction of United States; indemnity school lands Nothing in the Act of June 16, 1906, chapter 3335, Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 267, entitled, ‘‘An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States * * *’’, shall repeal or affect any Act of Congress relating to the Sulphur Springs Res- ervation as defined on June 16, 1906, or as may be thereafter defined or extended, or the power of the United States over it or any other lands embraced in the State hereafter set aside by Congress as a national park, game preserve, or for the preservation of objects of archaeological or ethnological interest; and nothing contained in said Act shall interfere with the rights and ownership of the United States in any land here- after set aside by Congress as national park, game preserve, or other reservation, or in the said Sulphur Springs Reservation, as it was on June 16, 1906, or may be defined or extended by law; but exclusive legislation, in all cases what- soever, shall be exercised by the United States, which shall have exclusive control and jurisdic- tion over the same; but nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent the service within said Sulphur Springs Reservation or national parks, game preserves, and other reservations hereafter established by law, of civil and criminal processes lawfully issued by the authority of said State, and said State shall not be entitled to select indemnity school lands for the thirteenth, sixteenth, thirty-third, and thirty-sixth sections that may be embraced within the metes and bounds of the national park, game preserve, and other reservation or the said Sulphur Springs Reservation, as defined on June 16, 1906, or may be thereafter defined. (June 16, 1906, ch. 3335, § 7, 34 Stat. 272; June 29, 1906, No. 42, 34 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 94–235, § 5, Mar. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 236.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is from a proviso annexed to section 7 of act June 16, 1906. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Platt National Park designation repealed and areas formerly known as Platt National Park made an inte- gral part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area by Pub. L. 94–235, § 5. See section 460hh–4 of this title. REPEALS Pub. L. 94–235, § 5, repealed act June 29, 1906, No. 42, 34 Stat. 837, cited as a credit to this section, under which the name of the reservation at the village of Sul- phur established by section 151 of this title, known as Sulphur Springs Reservation, had been renamed Platt National Park in honor of Orville Hitchcock Platt, former senator from Connecticut ‘‘and for many years a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in rec- ognition of his distinguished services to the Indians and to the country.’’ SUBCHAPTER XVII—BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK § 156. Establishment; boundaries When title to such lands as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for recreational park purposes within the bound- aries to be determined by him within the area of approximately one million five hundred thou- sand acres, in the counties of Brewster and Pre- sidio, in the State of Texas, known as the ‘‘Big Bend’’ area, shall have been vested in the United States, such lands shall be established, dedi- cated, and set apart as a public park for the ben- efit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the ‘‘Big Bend National Park’’: Pro- vided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public and private donations. (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 1, 49 Stat. 393.) § 157. Acquisition of lands The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred Page 102 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 157a 1 See References in Text note below. to in section 156 of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That no land for the Big Bend National Park shall be accepted until ex- clusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States. (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 2, 49 Stat. 393.) § 157a. Additional lands; aggregate cost The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, any land or interests in land situated within sections 15, 22, 27, 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, which he shall con- sider to be suitable for addition to the Big Bend National Park: Provided, however, That the ag- gregate cost to the Federal Government of prop- erties acquired hereafter and under the provi- sions hereof shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. Properties acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the park upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States. (Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 522, 63 Stat. 679.) § 157b. Additional lands within park boundaries Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure, in such manner as he may consider to be in the public interest, the remaining non- Federal land and interests in land within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park. (Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 385, 67 Stat. 497.) § 157c. Boundary revision; acquisition of lands and interests; authorization of appropria- tions The boundary of the Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas is hereby revised to in- clude the lands and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Big Bend National Park, Boundary Additions’’, numbered 155/80,019–A and dated June 1980 which shall be on file and available for public inspec- tion in the local and Washington, District of Co- lumbia, Offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary is au- thorized to acquire the lands and interests therein added to the park by this section by do- nation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that lands and inter- ests therein owned by the State of Texas or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange. There are author- ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec- tion, but not to exceed $1,500,000 for the acquisi- tion of lands and interests therein. (Pub. L. 96–607, title IV, § 401, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3539.) § 157d. Additional boundary revision; acquisition of lands and interests The boundaries of Big Bend National Park, es- tablished by the Act of June 20, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 156), are hereby revised to include the lands and interests therein, together with all improve- ments thereon, within the area comprising ap- proximately sixty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Harte Ranch Addition, Big Bend National Park’’, numbered 155/80,044 and dated September 1987. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is author- ized to acquire lands and interests therein, to- gether with all improvements thereon, within the addition described in such map by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. (Pub. L. 100–201, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1328.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of June 20, 1935, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1935, ch. 283, 49 Stat. 393, which is classified to sec- tions 156, 157, and 158 of this title. For complete classi- fication of this Act to the Code, see Tables. § 158. Administration, protection, and develop- ment The administration, protection, and develop- ment of the Big Bend National Park shall be ex- ercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, sub- ject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other pur- poses’’,1 as amended: Provided, That the provi- sions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] shall not apply to this park. (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 3, 49 Stat. 394.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the ‘‘Act of June 10, 1920, known as the Federal Water Power Act,’’ and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain ex-