§ 521d. — Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC521d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 521d. Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest
System land
The Secretary is authorized, when the Secretary determines it to be
in the public interest--
(1) to sell, exchange, or interchange by quitclaim deed, all
right, title, and interest, including the mineral estate, of the
United States in and to National Forest System lands described in
section 521e of this title; and
(2) to accept as consideration for the lands sold, exchanged, or
interchanged other lands, interests in lands, or cash payment, or
any combination of such forms of consideration, which, in the case
of conveyance by sale or exchange, is at least equal in value,
including the mineral estate, or, in the case of conveyance by
interchange, is of approximately equal value, including the mineral
estate, to the lands being conveyed by the Secretary. The Secretary
shall insert in any such quitclaim deed such terms, convenants,\1\
conditions, and reservations as the Secretary deems necessary to
ensure protection of the public interest, including protection of
the scenic, wildlife, and recreation values of the National Forest
System and provision for appropriate public access to and use of
lands within the System. The preceding sentence shall not be
applicable to deeds issued by the Secretary to lands outside the
boundary of units of the National Forest System.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``covenants,''.
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(Pub. L. 97-465, Sec. 2, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 698v-7 of this title.
