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    16 USC Sec. 460m-1                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXX - OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS

HEAD

    Sec. 460m-1. Acquisition of lands, easements, etc.; exchange of
      lands; consent of State; reversion to State; administrative
      jurisdiction of Federal lands or waters

STATUTE

      The Secretary may, within the area designated or altered pursuant
    to section 460m-3 of this title, acquire lands and interests
    therein, including scenic easements, by such means as he may deem
    to be in the public interest: Provided, That scenic easements may
    only be acquired with the consent of the owner of the lands or
    waters thereof: And provided further, That any parcel of land
    containing not more than five hundred acres, which borders either
    the Current River or the Jacks Fork River, and which is being
    primarily used for agricultural purposes, shall be acquired by the
    Secretary in its entirety unless the owner of any such parcel
    consents to the acquisition of a part thereof. Property so acquired
    which lies outside the boundary generally depicted on the map
    referred to in section 460m of this title may be exchanged by the
    Secretary for any land of approximately equal value within the
    boundaries. Lands and waters owned by the State of Missouri within
    such area may be acquired with the consent of the State and,
    notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to provision
    for reversion to such State conditioned upon continued use of the
    property for National Scenic Riverway. Federally owned lands or
    water lying within such area shall, upon establishment of the area
    pursuant to section 460m-3 of this title, be transferred to the
    administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary, without transfer of
    funds, for administration as part of the Ozark National Scenic
    Riverways.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 88-492, Sec. 2, Aug. 27, 1964, 78 Stat. 608; Pub. L. 92-
    272, title IV, Sec. 401, Apr. 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 122.)

AMENDMENTS

      1972 - Pub. L. 92-272 substituted provisions authorizing lands
    and waters owned by the State of Missouri to be acquired with the
    consent of the State, subject to reversion to such State
    conditioned upon the continued use of the property for the National
    Scenic Riverway, for provisions authorizing lands and waters owned
    by the State of Missouri to be acquired only with the consent of
    the State.