[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR19.7]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 19--WILDERNESS PRESERVATION--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--National Wilderness Preservation System
 
Sec. 19.7  Private contributions and gifts.

    (a) The Secretary is authorized by section 6(b) of the Wilderness 
Act to accept on behalf of the United States private contributions and 
gifts to be used to further the purposes of the act. The Secretary, 
under the authorization of section 6(b), may accept on behalf of the 
United States any sums of money, marketable securities or other personal 
property (but not real property) to be used for such things as 
expediting reviews of roadless areas and islands under his jurisdiction, 
expediting mineral resource surveys of National Forest Wilderness, or 
fostering public information and research related to wilderness 
preservation.
    (b) Anyone desiring to make a contribution or gift under the 
provisions of this section may submit an offer to the Secretary of the 
Interior, Washington, DC 20240, stating the amount of money or 
describing the securities or other personal property involved. If the 
offer involves property other than cash, the statement should set forth 
that the offeror is the owner of the property free and clear of all 
encumbrances and adverse claims. The offeror may specify a particular 
purpose for which the offer is made, but the Secretary may in his 
discretion reject any offer entailing purposes, terms, or conditions 
unacceptable to him.
    (c) Sums of money and marketable securities received under this 
section that are not otherwise restricted and are allocated to 
furthering the purposes of the Wilderness Act as it relates to lands 
within the National Park System shall be transferred to a special 
account in the National Park Trust Fund and shall be administered in 
accordance with the provisions of 36 CFR part 9.
    (d) Offers of gifts of land to promote the purposes of a grazing 
district or facilitate administration of public lands, including 
preservation and management of wilderness, values, may be tendered to 
the Secretary under the provisions of section 8(a) of the Taylor Grazing 
Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1272) as amended (43 U.S.C. 315g). Offers 
of gifts of land or interests in land to facilitate administration or 
contribute to improvement, management, use, or protection of public 
lands and their resources, including the preservation and management of 
wilderness values, may be tendered to the Secretary under the provisions 
of section 103(a) of the Public Land Administration Act of July 14 1960 
(74 Stat. 506: 43 U.S.C. 1364). Persons desiring to make such offers 
should follow the procedures established by 43 CFR subpart 2111.
    (e) Under the provisions of the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 917; 
16 U.S.C. 6),

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the Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to accept donations of 
patented lands, rights-of-way over patented lands or other lands, 
buildings, or other property within the various national parks and 
national monuments for the purposes of the National Park System. Persons 
desiring to offer lands, rights-of-way, or buildings under the 
provisions of the Act of June 5, 1920, should make inquiry of the 
superintendent of the national park or monument within which the 
property is located.