§ 476. — Repealed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC476]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 476. Repealed. Pub. L. 94-588, Sec. 13, Oct. 22, 1976, 90
Stat. 2958
Section, acts June 4, 1897, ch. 2, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35; June 9,
1900, ch. 804, 31 Stat. 661; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, Sec. 1, 33 Stat.
628; June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. 684; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457,
Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 1132; May 27, 1952, ch. 337, 66 Stat. 95, authorized
the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from national forests. See
section 472a of this title.
Validation of Timber Sales Contracts
Section 15 of Pub. L. 94-588 provided that:
``(a) Timber sales made pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897 (30
Stat. 35, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 476), prior to the date of enactment of
this section [Oct. 22, 1976] shall not be invalid if the timber was sold
in accord with Forest Service silvicultural practices and sales
procedures in effect at the time of the sale, subject to the provisions
of subsection (b) of this section.
``(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is directed, in developing five-
year operating plans under the provisions of existing fifty-year timber
sales contracts in Alaska, to revise such contracts to make them
consistent with the guidelines and standards provided for in the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended [16
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.], and to reflect such revisions in the contract
price of timber. Any such action shall not be inconsistent with valid
contract rights approved by the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.''
