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title: "16 U.S.C. § 273a"
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title_number: 16
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# 16 U.S.C. § 273a - Acquisition of property; authority of Secretary; State property
## Text
The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any Federal agency, exchange, or otherwise, the lands and interests in lands described in section 273 of this title, except that lands or interests therein owned by the State of Utah, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only with the approval of such State or political subdivision.
(Pub. L. 92207, § 2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 739.)