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[CITE: 16USC271a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
               SUBCHAPTER XXIX--CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 271a. Acquisition of lands; authority of Secretary; 
        exchange of property; cash equalization payments; transfer from 
        Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of Secretary; 
        lands subject to reclamation and power withdrawals
        
    Within the area which lies within the boundaries of the park, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests 
in lands by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest. The 
Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the park, 
including State-owned school sections and riverbed lands, and in 
exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property any 
federally owned property under his jurisdiction within the State of 
Utah, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The properties so 
exchanged shall be of the same classification, as near as may be, and 
shall be of approximately equal value, and the Secretary shall take 
administrative action to complete transfer on any lands in a proper 
application by the State of Utah on or before the expiration of one 
hundred twenty days following the date of enactment of this Act 
[September 12, 1964] or any amendment thereto: Provided, That the 
Secretary may accept cash from, or pay cash to, the grantor in such an 
exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. 
Federal property located within the boundaries of the park may, with the 
concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, without 
consideration, for use by him in carrying out the purposes of this 
subchapter. Any lands within the boundaries of the park which are 
subject to Bureau of Reclamation or Federal Power Commission withdrawals 
are hereby freed and exonerated from any such withdrawal and shall, on 
September 12, 1964, become a part of the Canyonlands National Park 
subject to no qualifications except those imposed by this subchapter or 
any amendment thereto.

(Pub. L. 88-590, Sec. 2, Sept. 12, 1964, 78 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 92-154, 
Sec. 1(b), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421.)

                       References in Text

    Date of enactment of this Act or any amendment thereto, referred to 
in text, means Sept. 12, 1964, date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-590, 
originally classified to sections 271 to 271d of this title, and Nov. 
12, 1971, date of enactment of Pub. L. 92-154, amendatory of Pub. L. 88-
590 and classified to sections 271 to 271b, 271e to 271g of this title.


                               Amendments

    1971--Pub. L. 92-154 struck out ``described in section 271 of this 
title'' after ``Within the area'', inserted in third sentence ``or any 
amendment thereto'' after ``the date of enactment of this Act'', and 
inserted in fifth sentence ``or any amendment thereto'' after ``this 
subchapter''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel, 
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for 
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) 
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare.
