Chapter 1029—Land Transfers 
Sec. 
102901.
Conveyance of property and interests in property in System units or related areas. 
§ 102901. Conveyance of property and interests in property in 
System units or related areas 
(a) FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INTERESTS.—With respect to any prop-
erty acquired by the Secretary within a System unit or related area, except 
property within national parks or within national monuments of scientific 
significance, the Secretary may convey a freehold or leasehold interest in the 
property, subject to such terms and conditions as will ensure the use of the 
property in a manner that is, in the judgment of the Secretary, consistent 
with the purpose for which the System unit or related area was authorized 
by Congress. The Secretary shall convey the interest to the highest bidder, in 
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The convey-
ance shall be at not less than the fair market value of the interest, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, except that if the conveyance is proposed within 2 
years after the property to be conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall allow the last owner of record of the property 30 days following 
the date on which the owner is notified by the Secretary in writing that the 
property is to be conveyed within which to notify the Secretary that the owner 
wishes to acquire the interest. On receiving the timely request, the Secretary 
shall convey the interest to the person, in accordance with such regulations 
as the Secretary may prescribe, on payment or agreement to pay an amount 
equal to the highest bid price. 
(b) EXCHANGE OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal 
property or interest in property within a System unit or related area 
under the Secretary’s administration in exchange for any Federally- 
owned property or interest under the Secretary’s jurisdiction that the 
Secretary determines is suitable for exchange or other disposal and that 
is located in the same State as the non-Federal property to be acquired. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Timberland subject to harvest under a sustained 
yield program shall not be exchanged under paragraph (1). 
(3) PUBLIC HEARING.—On request of a State or a political subdivi-
sion thereof, or of a party in interest, prior to an exchange under this 
subsection the Secretary shall hold a public hearing in the area where 
the properties to be exchanged are located. 
(4) VALUES OF PROPERTIES EXCHANGED.—The values of the prop-
erties exchanged— 
(A) shall be approximately equal; or 
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(B) if they are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the 
payment of cash to the grantor from funds appropriated for the ac-
quisition of land for the area, or to the Secretary, as the cir-
cumstances require. 
(c) PROCEEDS CREDITED TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.— 
The proceeds received from any conveyance under this section shall be credited 
to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
Chapter 1031—Appropriations and 
Accounting 
Sec. 
103101.
Availability and use of appropriations. 
103102.
Appropriations authorized and available for certain purposes. 
103103.
Amounts provided by private entities for utility services. 
103104.
Recovery of costs associated with special use permits. 
§ 103101. Availability and use of appropriations 
(a) CREDITS OF RECEIPTS FOR MEALS AND QUARTERS FURNISHED FED-
ERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN THE FIELD.—Cash collections and pay-
roll deductions made for meals and quarters furnished by the Service to em-
ployees of the Federal Government in the field and to cooperating agencies 
may be credited as a reimbursement to the current appropriation for the ad-
ministration of the System unit in which the accommodations are furnished. 
(b) AVAILABILITY FOR EXPENSE OF RECORDING DONATED LAND.—Appro-
priations made for the Service shall be available for any expenses incident 
to the preparation and recording of title evidence covering land to be donated 
to the United States for administration by the Service. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds, not to exceed $250,000 per incident, avail-
able to the Service may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to— 
(A) maintain law and order in emergency and other unforeseen 
law enforcement situations; and 
(B) conduct emergency search and rescue operations in the Sys-
tem. 
(2) REPLENISHMENT
OF
FUNDS.—If the Secretary expends funds 
under paragraph (1), the funds shall be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation for which the Secretary shall make a request as promptly 
as possible. 
(d) CONTRIBUTION FOR ANNUITY BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Necessary amounts are appropriated for reimburse-
ment, pursuant to the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Dis-
ability Act amendments of 1957 (Public Law 85–157, 71 Stat. 391), to 
the District of Columbia on a monthly basis for benefit payments by the 
District of Columbia to United States Park Police annuitants under sec-
tion 12 of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act 
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(ch. 433, 39 Stat. 718), to the extent that those payments exceed con-
tributions made by active Park Police members covered under the Police-
men and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act. 
(2) NONAVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SERVICE.—Appro-
priations made to the Service are not available for the purpose of making 
reimbursements under paragraph (1). 
(e) WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR.—Appropriations for the Service that are 
available for the purchase of equipment may be used for purchase of water-
proof footwear, which shall be regarded and listed as System equipment. 
§ 103102. Appropriations authorized and available for cer-
tain purposes 
Appropriations for the Service are authorized and are available for— 
(1) administration, protection, improvement, and maintenance of 
areas, under the jurisdiction of other Federal agencies, that are devoted 
to recreational use pursuant to cooperative agreements; 
(2) necessary local transportation and subsistence in kind of individ-
uals selected for employment or as cooperators, serving without other 
compensation, while attending fire protection training camps; 
(3) administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; 
(4) educational lectures in or in the vicinity of and with respect to 
System units, and services of field employees in cooperation with such 
nonprofit scientific and historical societies engaged in educational work 
in System units as the Secretary may designate; 
(5) travel expenses of employees attending— 
(A) Federal Government camps for training in forest fire preven-
tion and suppression; 
(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Police Acad-
emy; and 
(C) Federal, State, or municipal schools for training in building 
fire prevention and suppression; 
(6) investigation and establishment of water rights in accordance with 
local custom, laws, and decisions of courts, including the acquisition of 
water rights or of land or interests in land or rights-of-way for use and 
protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in the administration 
and public use of System units; 
(7) official telephone service in the field in the case of official tele-
phones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations es-
tablished by the Secretary; and 
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(8) provision of transportation for children in nearby communities to 
and from any System unit used in connection with organized recreation 
and interpretive programs of the Service. 
§ 103103. Amounts provided by private entities for utility 
services 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts provided to the Serv-
ice by private entities for utility services shall be credited to the appropriate 
account and remain available until expended. 
§ 103104. Recovery of costs associated with special use per-
mits 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Service may recover all 
costs of providing necessary services associated with special use permits. The 
reimbursements shall be credited to the appropriation current at that time. 
Chapter 1033—National Military Parks 
Sec. 
103301.
Military maneuvers. 
103302.
Camps for military instruction. 
103303.
Performance of duties of commissions. 
103304.
Recovery of land withheld. 
103305.
Travel expenses incident to study of battlefields. 
103306.
Studies. 
§ 103301. Military maneuvers 
To obtain practical benefits of great value to the country from the estab-
lishment of national military parks, the parks and their approaches are de-
clared to be national fields for military maneuvers for the Regular Army or 
Regular Air Force and the National Guard or militia of the States. National 
military parks shall be opened for those purposes only in the discretion of 
the Secretary, and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. 
§ 103302. Camps for military instruction 
(a) ASSEMBLING OF FORCES AND DETAILING OF INSTRUCTORS.—The Sec-
retary of the Army or Secretary of the Air Force, within the limits of appro-
priations that may be available for that purpose, may assemble in camp at 
such season of the year and for such period as the Secretary of the Army or 
Secretary of the Air Force may designate, at the field of military maneuvers, 
such portions of the military forces of the United States as the Secretary of 
the Army or Secretary of the Air Force may think best, to receive military 
instruction there. The Secretary of the Army of Secretary of the Air Force 
may detail instructors from the Regular Army or Regular Air Force, respec-
tively, for those forces during their exercises. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Army or Secretary of the Air 
Force may prescribe regulations governing the assembling of the National 
Guard or militia of the States on the maneuvering grounds. 
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