16 U.S.C. § 110c : US Code - Section 110C: Boundary adjustments

Search 16 U.S.C. § 110c : US Code - Section 110C: Boundary adjustments

(a) Park boundary adjustments
The boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park as established
in the Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended; (16 U.S.C.
91-110b),(!1) are further revised to add to the Park approximately
two hundred and forty acres, and to exclude from the park
approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, as generally depicted
on the map entitled "Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987
Boundary Adjustments", numbered 105-80,010B and dated January 1987,
which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
Washington office of the National Park Service, United States
Department of the Interior and at Mount Rainier National Park.
(b) Forest boundary adjustment
The boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and of the
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, are hereby revised to include in
the Snoqualmie National Forest approximately thirty-one and one-
half acres, to exclude from the Snoqualmie National Forest
approximately thirty acres, and to exclude from the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest approximately two hundred and ten acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount Rainier National Park
Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments", numbered 105-80,010B, and
dated January 1987, which shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Washington, District of Columbia office of the
Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture and at the
Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests.
(c) Administration of park land
(1) Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the
boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, which are included within the boundary of the
Mount Rainier National Park pursuant to this Act are, subject to
valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for administration as
part of the Park, and shall be subject to all the laws and
regulations of the Park.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept either
concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over lands and waters included
within Mount Rainier National Park by this Act. The Secretary shall
notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the
acceptance of any such jurisdiction ceded to the United States by
the State. The existing exclusive Federal jurisdiction, where it
exists in the Park, shall remain in effect until such time as the
Secretary and the Governor shall agree upon the terms and
conditions of concurrent legislative jurisdiction for said Park
pursuant to section 251l of this title.
(3) Authorization of Land Acquisition. - The Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to acquire from willing sellers by donation,
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, bequest, or
otherwise all non-Federal lands, waters, and interests therein
included within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park
pursuant to this Act.
(d) Administration of forest land
(1) Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the
boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park, which are excluded
therefrom and are included within the boundaries of the Snoqualmie
National Forest pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid existing
rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of
the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of the
Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations
applicable to the National Forest System.
(2) For the purposes of section 460l-9 of this title, the
boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest, as modified pursuant to this Act, shall be
treated as if they were the boundaries of those national forests on
January 1, 1965.
(3) Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington,
the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands
excluded from the boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park by
this Act is hereby retroceded to the State.