Sec. 1804. Acquisition and transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land
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The Secretary may acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, from willing sellers only, lands or interests in land generally depicted on the map as State land or private land, as generally depicted on the map, to be administered as part of the Monument. The BIA land, BLM land parcel A and BLM land parcel B are withdrawn from— all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws.
Administrative jurisdiction over the BLM land parcel A is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. Administrative jurisdiction over BLM land parcel B is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Administrative jurisdiction over the BIA land is transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the National Park Service. Administrative jurisdiction over the NPS land is transferred from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Upon the acquisition of land or an interest in land pursuant to subsection (a), and with respect to the lands transferred by subsection (b), the Secretary shall— administer any acquired land or interest in land, and land transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, as part of the Monument, in accordance with the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including applicable provisions of division A of subtitle I of title 54, United States Code; and modify the boundary of the Monument to reflect the transfers of lands, and any acquired lands or interests in lands.
The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Except in a case in which land or an interest in land is acquired by donation, as consideration for the acquisition of land or an interest in land or under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— pay fair market value for the land or interest in land; or convey to the State or private landowner, as applicable, Federal land or an interest in Federal land, of equal value located in the State.