2018 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 2 - National Forests
Subchapter I - Establishment and Administration
Sec. 521 - Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 521 (2018)
Section Name §521. Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation
Section Text

Subject to the provisions of section 519 of this title the lands acquired under this Act shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands under the provisions of section 471 1 of this title and acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof. And the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time divide the lands acquired under this Act into such specific national forests and so designate the same as he may deem best for administrative purposes.

Source Credit

(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, §11, 36 Stat. 963.)

Editorial Notes 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 to 519, 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.

Section 471 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to section 24 of act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1103, and was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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
SUBCHAPTER I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 521 - Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation
Contains section 521
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition reserved
Statutes at Large References 26 Stat. 1103
36 Stat. 963, 961
90 Stat. 2792
Public Law References Public Law 94-579
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