The consent of the state of Iowa is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift,or condemnation with adequate compensation, of such lands in Iowa as inthe opinion of the federal government may be needed for the establishment, consolidation, and extension ofnational forests or for the establishmentandextension of wildlife, fish,and game refuges and for other conservation uses in the state, and may exercise jurisdiction thereover but not tothe extent of limiting the provisions of the laws of this state. This section shall not, in any manner or to any extent, modify, limit, or affect the titleand ownership of the state to all wildlife as provided in section 481A.2; provided, that the state of Iowa shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over lands so acquired so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the state ofIowa against any persons charged with the commission ofany crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as ifthis law had not been passed.
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