§ 473. — Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC473]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 473. Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or
proclamations establishing national forests
The President of the United States is authorized and empowered to
revoke, modify, or suspend any and all Executive orders and
proclamations or any part thereof issued under section 471 \1\ of this
title, from time to time as he shall deem best for the public interests.
By such modification he may reduce the area or change the boundary lines
or may vacate altogether any order creating a national forest.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 34, 36.)
References in Text
Section 471 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub.
L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
Codification
The two sentences of this section are from provisions in section 1
of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1898, act June
4, 1897.
The first sentence is a portion of the third paragraph and was
prefaced by the words ``To remove any doubt which may exist pertaining
to the authority of the President thereunto.'' Other provisions of the
same paragraph have been omitted as temporary.
The second sentence is a portion of the seventh paragraph the whole
of which reads as follows: ``The President is hereby authorized at any
time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be
made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may
reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may
vacate altogether any order creating such reserve.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 478, 482, 551, 1609 of this
title.
