16 U.S.C. § 521h (2024)
This is the official text of 16 U.S.C. § 521h (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the provisions of sections 521c to 521i of this title, including specification of—
(1) criteria which shall be used in making the determination as to what constitutes the public interest;
(2) the definition of and the procedure for determining "approximately equal value"; and
(3) factors relating to location or size which shall be considered in connection with determining the lands to be sold, exchanged, or interchanged under clause (1) of section 521e of this title.
(Pub. L. 97–465, §6, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)
(1) criteria which shall be used in making the determination as to what constitutes the public interest;
(2) the definition of and the procedure for determining "approximately equal value"; and
(3) factors relating to location or size which shall be considered in connection with determining the lands to be sold, exchanged, or interchanged under clause (1) of section 521e of this title.
(Pub. L. 97–465, §6, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)
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