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RCED-85-76 1 (1985-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnse0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-216600 MAY 29,1985 The Honorable Mack Mattingly United States Senate The Honorable Sam Nunn N~ United States Senate 127366 The Honorable Lindsay Thomas House of Representatives Subject: The Federal Government's 1943 Acquisition of Land at Harris Neck, Georgia (GAO/RCED-85-76) In your July 24, 1984, letter, provided in enclosure I, and in subsequent agreements with your offices, you asked us to review various issues you raised about the federal government's 1943 Harris Neck land acquisition which, in 1962, became the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in McIntosh County, Georgia. Specifically, you asked us to determine whether (1) the government's acquisition of Harris Neck land was made in accor- dance with applicable law, (2) the landowners at Harris Neck were fairly compensated in accordance with applicable law, (3) there was evidence that racial discrimination was a factor in deter- mining compensation paid to owners of comparable parcels of land, (4) verbal or written statements were made by agents or officials of the federal government to the effect that the land could be repurchased by the owner(s) at some future date, and if so, would this constitute a legally binding agreement, (5) the federal government acted properly when it redesignated the land from agricultural to airport at a time when such designation would affect the disposition of questions regarding future ownership, (6) officials of the War Assets Administration (which administered the federal government's domestic surplus property disposal func- tions from January 1946 until June 1949) acted in accordance with the law when they granted use of the land to McIntosh County rather than permitted the original owners to reacquire it, and (7) the condemnation of Harris Neck differed from the procedures and compensation arrangements that were applied in the acquisition of lands that now comprise the Ft. Stewart Military Reservation and the Hunter Army Airfield complex in Georgia. We are also pro- viding, at your request, a listing of lands originally acquired by the federal government for military purposes and subsequently transferred into the National Wildlife Refuge System. (143433)

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