2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 3 - Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
Subchapter IV - Sustained-Yield Forest Management
Sec. 583f - "Federally owned or administered forest land" defined

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 583f (2017)
Section Name §583f. "Federally owned or administered forest land" defined
Section Text

Whenever used in this subchapter, the term "federally owned or administered forest land" shall be construed to mean forest land in which, or in the natural resources of which, the United States has a legal or equitable interest of any character sufficient to entitle the United States to control the management or disposition of the timber or other forest products thereon, except land heretofore or hereafter reserved or withdrawn for purposes which are inconsistent with the exercise of the authority conferred by this subchapter; and shall include trust or restricted Indian land, whether tribal or allotted, except that such land shall not be included without the consent of the Indians concerned.

Source Credit

(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, §7, 58 Stat. 134.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3 - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER IV - SUSTAINED-YIELD FOREST MANAGEMENT
Sec. 583f - Federally owned or administered forest land" defined
Contains section 583f
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 58 Stat. 134
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