§ 521. — Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC521]
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
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.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, Sec. 11, 36 Stat. 963.)
References in Text
This Act, 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.
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and was repealed by Pub.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, Sec. 704(a), Oct. 21,
1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
