2018 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 2 - National Forests
Subchapter I - Establishment and Administration
Sec. 517 - Title to lands to be acquired
| 16 U.S.C. § 517 (2018) |
| §517. Title to lands to be acquired |
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The Secretary of Agriculture may do all things necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the lands to be acquired under this Act, but no payment shall be made for any such lands until the title shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General or his designee and shall be vested in the United States. |
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(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, §8 (part), 36 Stat. 962; Pub. L. 91–393, §3, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted this section, former sections 513 and 514 of this title, and sections 515, 516, 517a to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATIONSection was amended by act Dec. 11, 1926, ch. 5, 44 Stat. 919. The amendment added a proviso at the end of this section which is set out as section 517a of this title. AMENDMENTS1970—Pub. L. 91–393 inserted "or his designee" after "Attorney General". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS SUBCHAPTER I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Sec. 517 - Title to lands to be acquired |
| section 517 |
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| January 14, 2019 |
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| 36 Stat. 962, 961 44 Stat. 919 84 Stat. 835 |
| Public Law 91-393 |
