16 USC § 396e - Exchange of lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s396e"
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title: "16 USC § 396e - Exchange of lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "396e"
section_name: "Exchange of lands"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XLII–A"
subchapter_name: "KALOKO-HONOKO̅HAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–514, title I, § 100, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2960.)"
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# § 396e. Exchange of lands

section 396d(a) of this titlesection 396d(a) of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized and shall seek to acquire the lands described in  by first acquiring Federal surplus lands of equivalent value from the General Services Administration and then exchanging such surplus lands for the lands described in  with the land owners. Exchanges shall be on the basis of equal value, and any party to the exchange may pay or accept cash in order to equalize the value of the property exchanged.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–514, title I, § 100, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2960.)