16 U.S.C. § 691 : US Code - Section 691: Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land

Search 16 U.S.C. § 691 : US Code - Section 691: Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by
purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of
land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County,
Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any
damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands.