PUBLIC LAW 94-235—MAR. 17, 1976
90 STAT. 235
Public Law 94-235 94th Congress An Act To establish the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to pi-ovide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of Arbuckle Keservoir and land adjacent thereto, and to provide for more efficient administration of other adjacent area containing scenic, scientific, natural, and historic values contributing to public enjoyment of the area and to designate the area in such manner as will constitute a fitting memorialization of the Chickasaw Indian Nation, there is hereby established the Chickasaw National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the '"recreation area"') consisting of lands and interests in lands within the area as generally depicted on the d r a w i n g entitled " B o u n d a r y Map, Chickasaw National Recreation Area," numbered l()T-2()()04-A and dated February 1974, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the National P a r k Service, Department of the Interior, The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter r-ererred to as the "Secretary") may from time to time revise the boundaries of the recreation area by publication of a m a p or other boundary descripLion in the Federal Register, but the total acreage of the recreation area may not exceed ten thousand acres. Sicc. 2. (a) The Secretary may acquire land or interests in lands within the boundaries of the recreation area by donation, purchase with donated or- appropriated funds, or exchange. When any tract of land is only partly within such boitndaries, the Secretary may acquire all or any portiorr of the land outside of such boundaries in order to mininrize the payment of severance costs. Land so acquired outside of the boundaries may be exchanged by the Secretary for non-Federal lands within the boundaries, and any land so acquired and not utilized for exchange shall be reported to the General Services Administration for disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended. Any Federal property located within the boundaries of the recreation area uiay be transferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of the recreation ar-ea. L and s within the boundaries of the recreation area owned by the State of Oklahoma, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only by donation: Provided, That the Secretary may also acquire lands by exchange with the city of Sulphur, utilizing therefor only such lands as may be excluded from the recreation area which were formerly within the P i a t t National Par-k. (b) W i t h respect to impr-oved r-esidential property acquir-ed for the purposes of this Act, which is beneficially owned by a natural person and which the Secretary determines can be contiriued in that use for- a limited period of time without undue interference with the administration, development, or public use of the recreation area, the owner thereof may on the date of its acquisition by the Secretary retain a right of use and occupancy of the property for noncommercial residential purposes for a term, as the owner may elect, ending either (1) at the death of the owner or his spouse, whichever
Mar. 17, 1976 [H.R. 4979] Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Okla. Establishment. 16 USC 460hh.
Publication in Federal Register.
Land acquisition. 16 USC 460hh-l.
40 USC 471 note.
Residential property.
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