Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 19, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange any land or interest within the boundaries of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts for any land or interest owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts Building Authority.

Subjects, except as provided below, an exchange under this Act to the laws, regulations, and policies applicable to land exchanges administered by the National Park Service (NPS) and any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary to protect U.S. interests.

Requires, where facilities or infrastructure required for the management and operation of the Park exists on the federal land to be exchanged and the non-federal land or interest to be exchanged is not of equal value, the values to be equalized by a cash payment to the Secretary. Bars the Secretary from being required to equalize the values of any exchange conducted under this Act if the land or interest received by the federal government exceeds the value of the federal land or interest exchanged.

[112th Congress Public Law 182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 112-182
112th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell 
 National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of 
  Massachusetts, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 5, 2012 -  [H.R. 
                                2240]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Lowell National 
Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012. 16 USC 410cc note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lowell National Historical Park Land 
Exchange Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    The Act entitled ``An act to provide for the establishment of the 
Lowell National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
and for other purposes'' approved June 5, 1978 (Public Law 95-290; 16 
U.S.C. 410cc et seq.), is amended in section 202, by <<NOTE: 16 
USC 410cc-22.>> adding at the end the following:

    ``(d)(1) The Secretary may exchange any land or interest in land 
within the boundaries of the park for any land or interest in land owned 
by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the 
University of Massachusetts Building Authority.
    ``(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), an exchange under this 
subsection shall be subject to the laws, regulations, and policies 
applicable to exchanges of land administered by the National Park 
Service and any other terms and conditions that the Secretary determines 
to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
    ``(3) Where facilities or infrastructure required for the management 
and operation of the Lowell National Historical Park exists on the 
Federal land to be exchanged, and the non-Federal land or interest in 
land to be exchanged is not of equal value, the values shall be 
equalized by the payment of cash to the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
not be required to equalize the values of any exchange conducted under 
this subsection if the land or interest

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in land received by the Federal Government exceeds the value of the 
Federal land or interest in land exchanged.''.

    Approved October 5, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2240:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-450 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
            Apr. 24, 26, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate.

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