U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024
§ 283b.
Establishment; notice in Federal Register; property rights
(a)
Federal title to property, donation of State and other non-Federal mineral rights and interests, and establishment; notice in Federal Register; acquisition of remaining property; purchase options pending establishment of park; contingent purchase contracts
(b)
Preferential right to reconveyance of mineral rights and interests upon nonuser of lands for national park purposes; notice; period for exercise; beneficiaries
(c)
Leases of mineral rights and interests: withdrawal from leasing; mineral leasing, sale of surplus property, and sale provisions inapplicable; subsection (c) inapplicable upon failure or refusal to exercise preferential right to reconveyance
(d)
Preferential right to lease mineral rights and interests necessary for national welfare or emergency: notice, terms and conditions, beneficiaries; other leases upon failure or refusal to exercise right: terms and conditions
(e)
Proceeds from communitization agreement or protective action; beneficiaries
(Pub. L. 89–667, § 3, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 920.)
cite as: 16 USC 283b