16 USC 459 - Acquisition of property

1 So in original. Probably should be “the”.

fair market value on such date of the right retained by the owner.

2 See References in Text note below.

that is above the mean line of ordinary high tide, lying and being situated in Harrison County, Mississippi;

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subsection (span)(3), referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(A), probably means subsection (span)(3) of section 459h of this title. Subsection (span) of this section does not contain a par. (3).

Sections 459h to 459h–10 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(C)(ii), (2)(B), was in the original “this title”, and was translated as reading “this Act”, meaning Puspan. L. 91–660, which enacted sections 459h to 459h–10 of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because Puspan. L. 91–660 does not contain titles.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, § 137(span)(1)], substituted “submerged land, land,” for “lands,” in first sentence.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, § 137(span)(2)], added subsec. (e).

1972—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 92–275 increased amount of property authorized to be acquired from one hundred thirty-five to four hundred acres.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange

Puspan. L. 115–279, Nov. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4187, known as the Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain Federal lands located within the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Jackson County, Mississippi, for non-Federal land identified as “VFW Exchange Area” located in Jackson County, Mississippi, owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5699, with the stipulation for equal value exchange and provision for methods of equalizing the exchange, for the conveyance agreement and title approval, and for the modification of the boundary of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to reflect the exchange.