PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2803 with the conveyance as such official considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 2854. MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARIES OF WHITE SANDS 16 USC 431 note. NATIONAL MONUMENT AND WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. (a) TRANSFER OF LANDS BY SECRETARY OF ARMY. — The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior the following lands as generally depicted on the map entitled "White Sands National Monument, Boundary Proposal", numbered 142/80,061, and dated January 1994: (1) Lands consisting of approximately 2,524 acres located within White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. (2) Lands consisting of approximately 5,758 acres located within White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and abutting White Sands National Monument. (b) TRANSFER OF LANDS BY SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.— The Secretary of the Interior may transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army lands consisting of approximately 4,277 acres located in White Sands National Monument, which lands are generally depicted on the map referred to in subsection (a). (c) BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly modify the boundary of White Sands National Monument so as to include within the national monument the lands transferred under subsection (a) and to exclude from the national monument the lands transferred under subsection (b). (2) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly modify the boundary of White Sands Missile Range as to include within the missile range the lands transferred under subsection (b) and exclude from the missile range the lands transferred under subsection (a). (d) ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSFERRED LANDS. —(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the lands transferred to that Secretary under subsection (a) in accordance with the laws applicable to the White Sands National Monument. (2) The Secretary of the Army shall administer the lands transferred to that Secretary under subsection (b) as part of White Sands Missile Range. (3) The Secretary of the Army shall maintain control of the airspace above the lands transferred to that Secretary under subsection (b) and administer that airspace in a manner consistent with the use of such lands as part of White Sands Missile Range. (e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MAP OF MONUMENT.— The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly prepare, and the Secretary of the Interior shall keep on file for public inspection in the headquarters of White Sands National Monument, a map showing the boundary of White Sands National Monument as modified by this section. (0 WAIVER OF LIMITATION UNDER PRIOR LAW. — Notwithstanding section 303(b)(1) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3476), land or an interest in land that was deleted from White Sands National Monument by section 301(19) of the Act (92 Stat. 3475) may, at the election of the Secretary of the Interior, be—
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