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[CITE: 16USC410aa-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER LVIII--VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
Sec. 410aa-1. Lands and property


(a) Boundaries; inspection of map

    The park shall comprise the area generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Valley Forge National Historical Park'', dated June 1979, and 
numbered VF-91,001, which shall be on file and available for inspection 
in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
Washington, District of Columbia, and in the offices of the 
superintendent of the park. After advising the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives, in writing, the Secretary may make 
minor revisions of the boundaries of the park when necessary by 
publication of a revised map or other boundary description in the 
Federal Register.

(b) Acquisition of lands

    Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary may acquire lands 
and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, exchange, or transfer. Any property owned by the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only 
by donation. The effective date of such donation shall not be prior to 
October 1, 1976.

(c) Reservation of rights by grantors; compensation for land

    Except for property deemed by the Secretary to be essential for 
visitor facilities, or for access to or administration of the park, any 
owner or owners of improved property on the date of its acquisition by 
the Secretary may, as a condition of such acquisition, retain for 
themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and occupancy 
of the improved property for noncommercial residential purposes for a 
definite term not to exceed twenty-five years, or in lieu thereof, for a 
term ending at the death of the owner, or the death of his or her 
spouse, whichever is the later. The owner shall elect the term to be 
reserved. Unless the property is wholly or partially donated, the 
Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market value of the property 
on the date of such acquisition, less the fair market value on such date 
of the right retained by the owner.

(d) Termination of grantor's rights

    The Secretary may terminate a right of use and occupancy retained 
pursuant to this section upon his determination that such use and 
occupancy is being exercised in a manner not consistent with the 
purposes of this subchapter, and upon tender to the holder of the right 
of an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of the right 
which remains unexpired on the date of termination.

(e) ``Improved property'' defined

    The term ``improved property'', as used in this section shall mean a 
detached, noncommercial residential dwelling, the construction of which 
was begun before January 1, 1975 (hereafter referred to as 
``dwelling''), together with so much of the land on which the dwelling 
is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, 
as the Secretary shall designate to be reasonably necessary for the 
enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial 
residential use, together with any structures accessory to the dwelling 
which are situated on the land so designated.

(Pub. L. 94-337, Sec. 2, July 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 96-287, 
title III, Sec. 301(1), June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 601; Pub. L. 103-437, 
Sec. 6(a)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on Interior 
and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-287 substituted reference to park area 
as depicted on map ``dated June 1979, and numbered VF-91,001'' for prior 
depiction on map ``dated February 1976, and numbered VF-91,000''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
