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Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS (§§ 471 - 546b-1)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS |
Contains | sections 471 to 546b-1 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (§§ 471 - 539o)
- Section 471 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
- Section 471a - Forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona restricted
- Section 471b - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
- Section 471c - Lands in California set aside as reserved forest lands
- Section 471d - Additional forest reserves in California
- Section 471e - Extension of boundaries of Sequoia National Forest
- Section 471f - Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register
- Section 471g - Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources
- Section 471h - Cooperation with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals; acceptance of contributions and gifts
- Section 471i - Pinelands National Reserve
- Section 471j - Headwaters Forest and Elk River Property acquisition
- Section 472 - Laws affecting national forest lands
- Section 472a - Timber sales on National Forest System lands
- Section 473 - Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests
- Section 474 - Surveys; plats and field notes; maps; effect under Act June 4, 1897
- Section 475 - Purposes for which national forests may be established and administered
- Section 476 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-588, §13, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2958
- Section 477 - Use of timber and stone by settlers
- Section 478 - Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting
- Section 478a - Townsites
- Section 479 - Sites for schools and churches
- Section 479a - Conveyance of National Forest System lands for educational purposes
- Section 480 - Civil and criminal jurisdiction
- Section 481 - Use of waters
- Section 482 - Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry
- Section 482a - Mining rights in Prescott National Forest
- Section 482b - Mount Hood National Forest; mining rights
- Section 482c - Patents affecting forest lands
- Section 482d - Perfection of claims within forest
- Section 482e - Lincoln National Forest; mining rights
- Section 482f - Patents affecting forest lands
- Section 482g - Perfection of claims within forest
- Section 482h - Coronado National Forest; mining rights
- Section 482h-1 - Protection of scenic values of forest
- Section 482h-2 - Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights
- Section 482h-3 - Perfection of mining claims
- Section 482i - Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights
- Section 482j - Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
- Section 482k - Patents affecting forest lands
- Section 482l - Perfection of mining claims within forest
- Section 482m - Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands
- Section 482n - Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
- Section 482n-1 - Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights
- Section 482n-2 - Perfection of mining claims within forest
- Section 482n-3 - Sedona-Oak Creek area
- Section 482o - Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
- Section 482p - Patents affecting lands within forest
- Section 482q - Perfection of mining claims within forest
- Section 483, 484 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86-596, §3, July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 335
- Section 484a - Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use
- Section 485 - Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein
- Section 485a - Omitted
- Section 486 - Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements
- Section 486a to 486w - Omitted
- Section 487 - Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest
- Section 487a - Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest
- Section 488 - Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests
- Section 489 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-869, §5, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157
- Section 490 - Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
- Section 491 - Omitted
- Section 492 - Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska
- Section 493 - Omitted
- Section 494 - Calaveras Bigtree National Forest
- Section 495 - Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels
- Section 496 - Disposition of funds
- Section 497 - Use and occupation of lands for hotels, resorts, summer homes, stores, and facilities for industrial, commercial, educational or public uses
- Section 497a - Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; prohibitions; termination
- Section 497b - Ski area permits
- Section 497c - Ski area permit rental charge
- Section 497d - Recreation residence fees
- Section 498 - Cooperative work agreements: disposal of moneys received; refund of excess; payment from appropriation; conflict of interest
- Section 499 - Disposal of money received by or on account of Forest Service; refund of excess and moneys erroneously collected; receipts from permits
- Section 500 - Payment and evaluation of receipts to State or Territory for schools and roads; moneys received; projections of revenues and estimated payments
- Section 501 - Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts
- Section 501a - Omitted
- Section 502 - Rental of property for Forest Service; forage, care, and housing of animals; storage of vehicles and other equipment; pack stock; loss, damage, or destruction of horses, vehicles, and other equipment
- Section 503 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-767, §2[1], Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 919
- Section 503a - Omitted
- Section 504 - Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests
- Section 504a - Sale of forest-tree seed and nursery stock to States and political subdivisions; disposition of moneys; exchanges; limitation
- Section 505 - Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available
- Section 505a - Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress
- Section 505b - Laws applicable
- Section 506 to 508 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-869, §4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157
- Section 508a - Omitted
- Section 508b - National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources
- Section 509 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-869, §4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157
- Section 510, 510a - Omitted
- Section 511 - Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished
- Section 512 - Omitted
- Section 513 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-588, §17(a)(1), (2), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961
- Section 514 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-588, §17(a)(6), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962
- Section 515 - Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States
- Section 516 - Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange
- Section 517 - Title to lands to be acquired
- Section 517a - Payment of awards in condemnation proceedings
- Section 518 - Acquisition of lands not defeated by rights-of-way, easements, and reservations
- Section 519 - Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads
- Section 519a - Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes
- Section 520 - Regulations as to mineral resources
- Section 521 - Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation
- Section 521a - Administration, management, and consolidation of certain lands
- Section 521b - Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period
- Section 521c - Definitions
- Section 521d - Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land
- Section 521e - Small parcels and road rights-of-way
- Section 521f - Costs of conveyance and value of improvements
- Section 521g - Road rights-of-way subject to State or local law
- Section 521h - Regulations; contents
- Section 521i - Unaffected lands
- Section 522 - Omitted
- Section 523 - Rights-of-way through national forests for power and communications facilities
- Section 524 - Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
- Section 525 - Rights-of-way for wagon roads or railroads
- Section 526 - Establishment and protection of water rights
- Section 527 - Use of Forest Service funds for administration of certain lands
- Section 528 - Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
- Section 529 - Authorization of development and administration consideration to relative values of resources; areas of wilderness
- Section 530 - Cooperation for purposes of development and administration with State and local governmental agencies and others
- Section 531 - Definitions
- Section 532 - Roads and trails system; Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Section 533 - Grant of easements for road rights-of-way; authority of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations
- Section 534 - Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; hearing
- Section 535 - Forest development roads; acquisition, construction, and maintenance; maximum economy; methods of financing; cost arrangements for construction standards; transfer of unused effective purchaser credit for road construction
- Section 535a - Forest development roads: prohibition on credits; inclusion of construction costs in notice of sale; special election by small business concerns; construction standards; authorization of harvesting; treatment of road value
- Section 536 - Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior
- Section 537 - Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds
- Section 538 - User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors
- Section 539 - Additions to existing national forests; administration
- Section 539a - Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands
- Section 539b - Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska
- Section 539c - Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress
- Section 539d - National forest timber utilization program
- Section 539e - Reports
- Section 539f - Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands
- Section 539g - Kings River Special Management Area
- Section 539h - Greer Spring Special Management Area
- Section 539i - Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area
- Section 539j - Bowen Gulch Protection Area
- Section 539k - Kelly Butte Special Management Area
- Section 539l - Designation of James Peak Protection Area, Colorado
- Section 539l-1 - Inholdings
- Section 539l-2 - James Peak Fall River trailhead
- Section 539l-3 - Loop trail study; authorization
- Section 539l-4 - Other administrative provisions
- Section 539l-5 - Wilderness potential
- Section 539m - Findings and purposes
- Section 539m-1 - Definitions
- Section 539m-2 - T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
- Section 539m-3 - Pueblo rights and interests in the Area
- Section 539m-4 - Limitations on Pueblo rights and interests in the Area
- Section 539m-5 - Management of the Area
- Section 539m-6 - Jurisdiction over the Area
- Section 539m-7 - Subdivisions and other property interests
- Section 539m-8 - Extinguishment of claims
- Section 539m-9 - Construction
- Section 539m-10 - Judicial review
- Section 539m-11 - Provisions relating to contributions and land exchange
- Section 539m-12 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 539n - Crystal Springs Watershed Special Resources Management Unit
- Section 539o - Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
- Subchapter II - SCENIC AREAS (§§ 541 - 546b-1)
- Section 541 - Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area; establishment
- Section 541a - Administration, protection, development, and regulation of use
- Section 541b - Boundaries of scenic-research area; adjustments to subarea boundaries; development of management plan; establishment of subareas; management objectives
- Section 541c - Extension of boundaries of Siuslaw National Forest; transfer of Federal property to Secretary
- Section 541d - Acquisition of property within the scenic-research area; consent of owner; substantial change in use or maintenance of property
- Section 541e - Availability of funds for acquisition of lands, etc., within added area
- Section 541f - Withdrawal from location, entry and patent under mining laws; withdrawal from disposition under mineral leasing laws
- Section 541g - Advisory council for scenic-research area; membership; designation of chairman; compensation; consultation by Secretary
- Section 541h - Cooperation with State of Oregon in administration and protection of lands; civil and criminal jurisdiction; power of taxation
- Section 542 - Langmuir Research Site; establishment
- Section 542a - Congressional findings
- Section 542b - Administration, protection, and regulation of use
- Section 542c - Land use agreement
- Section 542d - Comprehensive management plan
- Section 543 - Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area; establishment
- Section 543a - Extension of National Forest boundary
- Section 543b - Acquisition of lands
- Section 543c - Administration
- Section 543d - Ecological studies; reports to Congressional committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports
- Section 543e - Scenic Area Advisory Board
- Section 543f - Traditional Native American uses
- Section 543g - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 543h - New spending authority
- Section 544 - Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area; definitions
- Section 544a - Purposes
- Section 544b - Establishment of scenic area
- Section 544c - Columbia River Gorge Commission
- Section 544d - Scenic area management plan
- Section 544e - Administration of scenic area
- Section 544f - Administration of special management areas
- Section 544g - Land acquisition
- Section 544h - Interim management
- Section 544i - Economic development
- Section 544j - Old Columbia River Highway
- Section 544k - Tributary rivers and streams
- Section 544l - Implementation measures
- Section 544m - Enforcement
- Section 544n - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 544o - Savings provisions
- Section 544p - Severability
- Section 545 - Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes
- Section 545a - Establishment of Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area
- Section 545b - Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area
- Section 546 - Establishment of Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area, Michigan
- Section 546a - Boundaries
- Section 546a-1 - Administration and management
- Section 546a-2 - Fish and game
- Section 546a-3 - Minerals
- Section 546a-4 - Acquisition
- Section 546a-5 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 546b - Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, Jefferson National Forest, Virginia
- Section 546b-1 - Maps and boundary descriptions
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