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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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[CITE: 16USC441k]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
 
Sec. 441k. Acquisition of property for park


(a) Consent of State or Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; transfer 
        from Federal agency

    Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary of the Interior may, within the boundaries of the park, 
acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase with donated 
or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that any lands or interests 
in lands owned by the State of South Dakota, a political subdivision 
thereof, or the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may be acquired only 
with the consent of owner. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
lands and interests in lands located within the park under the 
administrative jurisdiction of any other Federal agency may be 
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary without 
a transfer of funds.

(b) Easements

    As to lands located within the boundaries of the park but outside 
the boundaries of the gunnery range referred to in section 441l of this 
title, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire only rights-of-way and 
scenic easements.

(Pub. L. 90-468, Sec. 2, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 663; Pub. L. 95-625, 
title VI, Sec. 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)

                         Change of Name

    Word ``park'' substituted in text for ``monument'' pursuant to Pub. 
L. 95-625, Sec. 611, which is classified to section 441e-1 of this title 
and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National 
Park.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 441m of this title; title 25 
section 459.
