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[CITE: 16USC430h-7]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
 
Sec. 430h-7. Exclusion of lands from park


(a) Exclusion of certain lands

    The park boundary is hereby revised to exclude those lands depicted 
as ``Proposed Deletions'' on the map entitled ``Vicksburg National 
Military Park'' numbered 306-80,007 and dated May 1990, which map shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Exclusive 
jurisdiction over the lands excluded from the park is hereby retroceded 
to the State of Mississippi.

(b) Transfer to adjacent owners

    (1) For a period ending four years after October 18, 1990, and 
subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized 
to convey title to all or part of the lands referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section to an owner of property adjacent to such lands, upon 
the application of such owner.
    (2) No property shall be conveyed unless the application referred to 
in paragraph (1) is accompanied by a payment in an amount equal to--
        (A) the fair market value of the land to be conveyed; and
        (B) the administrative costs of such transfer incurred by the 
    Secretary, including the costs of surveys, appraisals, and filing 
    and recording fees.

(c) Excess property

    Any lands not conveyed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section 
shall be reported to the Administrator of General Services as excess to 
the needs of the Department of the Interior and shall be subject to 
transfer or disposition in accordance with the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 101-442, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 1019.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
referred to in subsec. (c), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, 
as amended. Provisions of that Act relating to disposal of Government 
property are classified to chapter 10 (Sec. 471 et seq.) of Title 40, 
Public Buildings, Property, and Works. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of 
Title 40 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 430h-6, 430h-9 of this 
title.
