§ 505a. — Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC505a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 505a. Interchange of lands between Department of
Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense;
report to Congress
The Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System
lands and the Secretary of a military department with respect to lands
under the control of the military department which lie within or
adjacent to the exterior boundaries of a unit of the National Forest
System are authorized, subject to any applicable provisions of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to
interchange such lands, or any part thereof, without reimbursement or
transfer of funds whenever they shall determine that such interchange
will facilitate land management and will provide maximum use thereof for
authorized purposes: Provided, That no such interchange of lands shall
become effective until forty-five days (counting only days occurring
during any regular or special session of the Congress) after the
submission to the Congress by the respective Secretaries of notice of
intention to make the interchange.
(July 26, 1956, ch. 736, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 100-409,
Sec. 7(a), (b), Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1091.)
References in Text
The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat.
377, as amended. Except for title III of the Act, which is classified
generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 251 et seq.) of chapter 4 of Title 41,
Public Contracts, the Act was repealed and reenacted by Pub. L. 107-217,
Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304, as chapters 1 to 11
of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-409 substituted ``National Forest System lands''
for ``national forest lands'' and ``a unit of the National Forest
System'' for ``a national forest''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 505b of this title.
