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[CITE: 16USC460aaa-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER CXII--GRAND ISLAND NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460aaa-3. Acquisition


(a) General authority

    Subject to the provisions of section 460aaa-2(b)(8) of this title 
and subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary is authorized and 
directed to acquire by purchase, gift, exchange, or otherwise, lands, 
waters, structures, or interests therein, including scenic or other 
easements, within the boundaries of the national recreation area to 
further the purposes of this subchapter: Provided, That the Secretary 
may not acquire any privately owned lands within the national recreation 
area other than with the consent of the owner so long as the owner 
agrees to the restrictions contained in subsection (b)(1) of this 
section and grants the Secretary a right of first refusal as provided in 
subsection (b)(2) of this section. The Secretary also is authorized and 
directed to acquire lands or structures by such means on the mainland to 
the extent necessary for access to and administrative facilities for the 
national recreation area. In acquiring lands or structures under this 
subsection, the Secretary is directed to give prompt and careful 
consideration to any offer to sell land or structures made by an 
individual, organization, or any legal entity owning property within the 
boundaries of the national recreation area.

(b) Private lands

    (1) An owner of unimproved real property within the national 
recreation area may construct recreational residences that are 
architecturally compatible with other structures within the national 
recreation area, as described by the management plan developed pursuant 
to section 460aaa-6 of this title.
    (2) Any privately owned lands, interests in lands, or structures 
within the national recreation area shall not be disposed of by 
donation, exchange, sale, or other conveyance without first being 
offered at no more than fair market value to the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall be given a period of 120 days to accept an offer and, 
after such offer is accepted, a period of 45 days after the end of the 
fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the offer was accepted to 
acquire such lands, interests in lands, or structures. No such lands, 
interests in lands, or structures shall be sold or conveyed at a price 
below the price at which they have been offered for sale to the 
Secretary, and if such lands, interest in lands, or structures are 
reoffered for sale or conveyance they shall first be reoffered to the 
Secretary, except that this subsection shall not apply to a change in 
ownership of a property within the immediate family of the owner of 
record on January 1, 1989. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
``immediate family'' means, with respect to any such owner of record, 
the spouse, siblings, children (whether natural or adopted), 
stepchildren, and lineal descendants of that owner.

(Pub. L. 101-292, Sec. 4, May 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 187.)
