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[CITE: 16USC119]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
             SUBCHAPTER XIII--PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 119. Establishment; notice in Federal Register; 
        administration; exchange and acquisition of lands; remaining 
        funds
        
    In order to permit the establishment of the Petrified Forest 
National Monument, Arizona, and other lands as provided for herein, as 
the Petrified Forest National Park, such national park shall be 
established (a) after title to all of the lands described in section 
119a of this title shall have been vested in the United States, with the 
exception of such easements and rights-of-way for railroad, public 
utilities, and highway purposes as may be acceptable to the Secretary of 
the Interior, and (b) when notification of the effective date of such 
establishment of the park, as determined by the said Secretary, is 
published in the Federal Register. Disestablishment of the Petrified 
Forest National Monument shall be effected concurrently with the 
establishment of the park.
    The Petrified Forest National Park shall be preserved and 
administered in its natural condition by the Secretary of the Interior 
for the public benefit in accordance with the general laws governing 
areas of the National Park System and in accordance with the basic 
policies relating thereto as prescribed by sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of 
this title.
    The exchange authority prescribed for the Petrified Forest National 
Monument in sections 444 and 444a of this title, is hereby extended to 
all the lands within the Petrified Forest National Park as herein 
authorized.
    For the purposes of this section and section 119a of this title, the 
Secretary is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider 
to be in the public interest, any non-Federal land or interests in land 
within the area hereby authorized to be established as the Petrified 
Forest National Park. In acquiring any State-owned land or interests 
therein within the aforesaid area, such property may be procured by the 
United States without regard to any limitations heretofore prescribed by 
the Congress relating to the disposal of State-owned properties.
    Upon establishment of the Petrified Forest National Park, as 
authorized by this section and section 119a of this title, any remaining 
balance of funds that may be available for purposes of the Petrified 
Forest National Monument shall thereafter be available for expenditure 
for purposes of the Petrified Forest National Park.

(Pub. L. 85-358, Sec. 1, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 69.)


Transfer of Jurisdiction, Air Force Housing at Radar Bomb Scoring Site, 
                            Holbrook, Arizona

    Pub. L. 103-337, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2844, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3068, provided that:
    ``(a) Transfer Authorized.--As part of the closure of an Air Force 
Radar Bomb Scoring Site located near Holbrook, Arizona, the Secretary of 
the Air Force may transfer, without reimbursement, the administrative 
jurisdiction, accountability, and control of the housing units and 
associated support facilities used in connection with the site to the 
Secretary of the Interior for use in connection with Petrified Forest 
National Park.
    ``(b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be transferred under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Air 
Force and the Secretary of the Interior.
    ``(c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the Air 
Force may require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
with the transfer of real property under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
considers appropriate.''
