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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 724. Consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-way, easements, etc.
(a) No such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of the
Interior until the legislature of each State in which is situated
any part of the areas to be acquired under this chapter has
consented to the acquisition of such part by the United States for
the purposes of this chapter, and, except in the case of a lease,
no payment shall be made by the United States for any such area
until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General and is
vested in the United States.
(b) The existence of a right of way, easement, or other
reservation or exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar
to its acquisition (1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines
that any such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere
with the use of the area for the purposes of this chapter, or (2)
if in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any
reservation or exception in respect of such area, in favor of the
person from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject
to regulations prescribed under authority of this chapter.
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