US LAWS, STATUTES & CODES ON-LINE
US SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
- § 471. — Repealed.
- § 471a. — Forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona restricted.
- § 471b. — Repealed.
- § 471c. — Lands in California set aside as reserved forest lands.
- § 471d. — Additional forest reserves in California.
- § 471e. — Extension of boundaries of Sequoia National Forest.
- § 471f. — Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register.
- § 471g. — Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources.
- § 471h. — Cooperation with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals; acceptance of contributions and gifts.
- § 471i. — Pine Barrens Area, New Jersey.
- § 471j. — Headwaters Forest and Elk River Property acquisition.
- § 472. — Laws affecting national forest lands.
- § 472a. — Timber sales on National Forest System lands.
- § 473. — Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests.
- § 474. — Surveys; plats and field notes; maps; effect under Act June 4, 1897.
- § 475. — Purposes for which national forests may be established and administered.
- § 476. — Repealed.
- § 477. — Use of timber and stone by settlers.
- § 478. — Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting.
- § 478a. — Townsites.
- § 479. — Sites for schools and churches.
- § 479a. — Conveyance of National Forest System lands for educational purposes.
- § 480. — Civil and criminal jurisdiction.
- § 481. — Use of waters.
- § 482. — Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry.
- § 482a. — Mining rights in Prescott National Forest.
- § 482b. — Mount Hood National Forest; mining rights.
- § 482c. — Patents affecting forest lands.
- § 482d. — Perfection of claims within forest.
- § 482e. — Lincoln National Forest; mining rights.
- § 482f. — Patents affecting forest lands.
- § 482g. — Perfection of claims within forest.
- § 482h. — Coronado National Forest; mining rights.
- § 482h-1. — Protection of scenic values of forest.
- § 482h-2. — Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights.
- § 482h-3. — Perfection of mining claims.
- § 482i. — Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights.
- § 482j. — Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
- § 482k. — Patents affecting forest lands.
- § 482l. — Perfection of mining claims within forest.
- § 482m. — Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands.
- § 482n. — Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
- § 482n-1. — Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights.
- § 482n-2. — Perfection of mining claims within forest.
- § 482n-3. — SedonaOak Creek area.
- § 482o. — Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
- § 482p. — Patents affecting lands within forest.
- § 482q. — Perfection of mining claims within forest.
- § 483, 484. — Repealed.
- § 484a. — Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use.
- § 485. — Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein.
- § 485a. — Omitted.
- § 486. — Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements.
- § 486a to 486w. — Omitted.
- § 487. — Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest.
- § 487a. — Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest.
- § 488. — Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests.
- § 489. — Repealed.
- § 490. — Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris.
- § 491. — Omitted.
- § 492. — Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska.
- § 493. — Omitted.
- § 494. — Calaveras Bigtree National Forest.
- § 495. — Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels.
- § 496. — Disposition of funds.
- § 497. — Use and occupation of lands for hotels, resorts, summer homes, stores, and facilities for industrial, commercial, educational or public uses.
- § 497a. — Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; prohibitions; termination.
- § 497b. — Ski area permits.
- § 497c. — Ski area permit rental charge.
- § 497d. — Recreation residence fees.
- § 498. — Cooperative work agreements: disposal of moneys received; refund of excess; payment from appropriation; conflict of interest.
- § 499. — Disposal of money received by or on account of Forest Service; refund of excess and moneys erroneously collected; receipts from permits.
- § 500. — Payment and evaluation of receipts to State or Territory for schools and roads; moneys received; projections of revenues and estimated payments.
- § 501. — Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts.
- § 501a. — Omitted.
- § 502. — Rental of property for Forest Service; forage, care, and housing of animals; storage of vehicles and other equipment; pack stock; loss, damage, or destruction of horses, vehicles, and other equipment.
- § 503, 503a. — Repealed or Omitted.
- § 504. — Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests.
- § 504a. — Sale of foresttree seed and nursery stock to States and political subdivisions; disposition of moneys; exchanges; limitation.
- § 505. — Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available.
- § 505a. — Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress.
- § 505b. — Laws applicable.
- § 506 to 508a. — Repealed or Omitted.
- § 508b. — National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources.
- § 509 to 510a. — Repealed or Omitted.
- § 511. — Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished.
- § 512 to 514. — Omitted or Repealed.
- § 515. — Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cutover, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States.
- § 516. — Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange.
- § 517. — Title to lands to be acquired.
- § 517a. — Payment of awards in condemnation proceedings.
- § 518. — Acquisition of lands not defeated by rightsofway, easements, and reservations.
- § 519. — Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads.
- § 519a. — Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes.
- § 520. — Regulations as to mineral resources.
- § 521. — Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation.
- § 521a. — Administration, management, and consolidation of certain lands.
- § 521b. — Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period.
- § 521c. — Definitions.
- § 521d. — Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land.
- § 521e. — Small parcels and road rightsofway.
- § 521f. — Costs of conveyance and value of improvements.
- § 521g. — Road rightsofway subject to State or local law.
- § 521h. — Regulations; contents.
- § 521i. — Unaffected lands.
- § 522. — Omitted.
- § 523. — Rightsofway through national forests for power and communications facilities.
- § 524. — Rightsofway for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes.
- § 525. — Rightsofway for wagon roads or railroads.
- § 526. — Establishment and protection of water rights.
- § 527. — Use of Forest Service funds for administration of certain lands.
- § 528. — Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose.
- § 529. — Authorization of development and administration consideration to relative values of resources; areas of wilderness.
- § 530. — Cooperation for purposes of development and administration with State and local governmental agencies and others.
- § 531. — Definitions.
- § 532. — Roads and trails system; Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
- § 533. — Grant of easements for road rightsofway; authority of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations.
- § 534. — Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; hearing.
- § 535. — Forest development roads; acquisition, construction, and maintenance; maximum economy; methods of financing; cost arrangements for construction standards; transfer of unused effective purchaser credit for road construction.
- § 535a. — Forest development roads: prohibition on credits; inclusion of construction costs in notice of sale; special election by small business concerns; construction standards; authorization of harvesting; treatment of road value.
- § 536. — Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior.
- § 537. — Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds.
- § 538. — User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors.
- § 539. — Additions to existing national forests; administration.
- § 539a. — Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands.
- § 539b. — Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska.
- § 539c. — Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress.
- § 539d. — National forest timber utilization program.
- § 539e. — Reports.
- § 539f. — Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands.
- § 539g. — Kings River Special Management Area.
- § 539h. — Greer Spring Special Management Area.
- § 539i. — Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area.
- § 539j. — Bowen Gulch Protection Area.
- § 539k. — Kelly Butte Special Management Area.