§74a. Sale by the Secretary of the Interior of lands no longer needed for public purposes

The Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Capital Planning Commission, is authorized, in his discretion, for the best interests of the United States, to sell and convey, in whole or in part, by proper deed or instrument, any real estate held by the United States in the District of Columbia and under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, which may be no longer needed for public purposes for cash, or on such deferred-payment plan as the Secretary of the Interior may approve, at a price not less than that paid for it by the Government and not less than its present appraised value as determined by him.

(Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 449, §4, 53 Stat. 1211 ; June 6, 1924, ch. 279, §9, as added July 19, 1952, ch. 949, §1, 66 Stat. 790 .)

Repeals

Section 7 of act Aug. 5, 1939, repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict therewith.

Transfer of Functions

"National Capital Planning Commission" substituted in text for "National Capital Park and Planning Commission", on authority of act June 6, 1924, ch. 270, §9, as added July 19, 1952, which transferred functions of latter to former. See section 71h of this title and Transfer of Functions note thereunder.

Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of that Department, with two exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. National Park Service, referred to in text, is an agency of Department of the Interior.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 72e, 74b of this title.