§ 519a. — Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC519a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 519a. Transfer of forest reservation lands for military
purposes
If any of the lands purchased or to be purchased by the United
States under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as
amended, within the limits of townships 1, 2, and 3 north, ranges 9, 10,
11, 12, and 13, in Forest and Perry Counties, State of Mississippi, are
determined to be chiefly valuable and necessary for a National Guard
encampment and related military purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture
may, and he is, authorized to convey full title to said lands to the
State of Mississippi or the Department of the Army: Provided, That there
is paid into the Treasury of the United States, or made available by
transfer on the books of said Treasury, sums of money equal to the full
amounts expended by the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of
said lands, and the money so paid into or transferred on the books of
the Treasury shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of
Agriculture for the purchase of other lands under the provisions of said
Act of March 1, 1911, as amended.
(Mar. 2, 1935, ch. 21, 49 Stat. 37; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
References in Text
Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended, referred to in text, means
act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as amended, popularly known as
the Weeks Law, which is classified to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519,
521, 552, and 563 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.
Codification
The words ``with the consent and approval of the National Forest
Reservation Commission established by section 4 of said Act of March 1,
1911 [16 U.S.C. 513]'', which appeared immediately following the first
reference to the Secretary of Agriculture, have been omitted as
obsolete. Section 4 of the 1911 Act was repealed, and all functions of
the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the
Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94-588, Oct.
22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
