---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 251k"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "251k"
heading: "Economic dislocation in land acquisition; exchange of lands; transfers of land within a national forest; concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/251k"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXVII — Olympic National Park"
---

# §251k. Economic dislocation in land acquisition; exchange of lands; transfers of land within a national forest; concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture


In order to minimize economic dislocation in acquiring property within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) with the consent of the [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4), lands and interests in lands outside the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), but within the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Washington, and with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture, he may utilize lands and interests therein within a national forest in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Washington hereby authorized to be transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), for the purpose of exchanging lands and interests so acquired or transferred for property within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(h), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Land Exchanges

Pub. L. 100–71, title I, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 415, provided in part: “That pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 251k, the Secretary may acquire the 270-acre parcel known as Keystone Spit on Whidbey Island, Washington, and convey such parcel to the State of Washington in exchange for the approximately 1,000 acres of tidelands owned by such State within the boundary of Olympic National Park: Provided further, That if recreational uses of these tidelands must be regulated, the National Park Service shall consult with the State of Washington prior to the implementation of any such regulations: Provided further, That the exchange must include the mineral rights of the tidelands.”