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[CITE: 16USC7b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 
Sec. 7b. Acquisition of lands for airport use; contracts for 
        operation and maintenance
        
    In order to carry out the purposes of sections 7a to 7e of this 
title, the Secretary is authorized to acquire necessary lands and 
interests in or over lands; to contract for the construction, 
improvement, operation, and maintenance of airports and incidental 
facilities; to enter into agreements with other public agencies 
providing for the construction, operation, or maintenance of airports by 
such other public agencies or jointly by the Secretary and such other 
public agencies upon mutually satisfactory terms; and to enter into such 
other agreements and take such other action with respect to such 
airports as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections: 
Provided, That nothing in said sections shall be held to authorize the 
Secretary to acquire any land, or interest in or over land, by purchase, 
condemnation, grant, or lease without first obtaining the consent of the 
Governor of the State, and the consent of the State political 
subdivision in which such land is located: And provided further, That 
the authorization herein granted shall not exceed $3,500,000.

(Mar. 18, 1950, ch. 72, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 28; Pub. L. 89-763, Nov. 5, 
1966, 80 Stat. 1313.)


                               Amendments

    1966--Pub. L. 89-763 substituted ``$3,500,000'' for ``$2,000,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7c, 7e of this title.
