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16 U.S.C. § 577 — Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation
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All public lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St. Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Township 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the international boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas heretofore described in this section; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P. M.; and all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests.
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All public lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St. Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Township 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the international boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas heretofore described in this section; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P. M.; and all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests.
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**(a) Purposes of national forests, national park system, and national wildlife refuge system; other provisions applicable to national forests, Superior National Forest, and national park system** The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared to be within and supplemental to the purposes for which national forests and units of the national park and national wildlife refuge systems are established and administered and—
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to be in interference with the purpose for which national forests are established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), and the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215) [[16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)].
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the restrictions and provisions of the Shipstead-Nolan Act (Public Law 539, Seventy-first Congress, July 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-Blatnik Act (Public Law 733, Eightieth Congress, June 22, 1948; 62 Stat. 568), and the Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act (Public Law 607, Eighty-Fourth Congress, June 22, 1956; 70 Stat. 326), as applying to the Superior National Forest or the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the statutory authority under which units of the national park system are created. Further, the designation of any area of any park, monument, or other unit of the national park system as a wilderness area pursuant to this chapter shall in no manner lower the standards evolved for the use and preservation of such park, monument, or other unit of the national park system in accordance with section 100101(b)(1), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101
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To protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands within certain parts of the area described in [section 577 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section577&num=0&edition=prelim), and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in sections 577a and 577b of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in [section 577d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section577d&num=0&edition=prelim), where in his opinion development or exploitation, or the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining wilderness canoe country.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 577
1 See 2004 Amendment notes below.
1 See References in Text note below.
(c) 1 Any portion of the balance at the end of
a fiscal year in the special fund established pur-
suant to this section that the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines to be in excess of the cost of
doing work described in subsection (a) (as well
as any portion of the balance in the special fund
that the Secretary determined, before October 1,
2004, to be excess of the cost of doing work de-
scribed in subsection (a), but which has not been
transferred by that date) shall be transferred to
miscellaneous receipts, National Forest Fund,
as a National Forest receipt, but only if the Sec-
retary also determines that—
(1) the excess amounts will not be needed for
emergency wildfire suppression during the fis-
cal year in which the transfer would be made;
and
(2) the amount to be transferred to miscella-
neous receipts, National Forest Fund, exceeds
the outstanding balance of unreimbursed
funds transferred from the special fund in
prior fiscal years for wildfire suppression.
(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 3, 46 Stat. 527; Pub. L.
94–588, § 18, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962; Pub. L.
108–447, div. E, title III, § 318, Dec. 8, 2004, 118
Stat. 3096; Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 412, Aug. 2,
2005, 119 Stat. 551.)
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AMENDMENTS
2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–54 added cl. (5).
2004—Pub. L. 108–447, § 318(1), which directed the
amendment of this section ‘‘by striking ‘The Secretary
of Agriculture may, when in his’ and inserting ‘(a) The
Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her’;
‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)’ ’’,
was partially executed by designating existing text as
subsec. (a) and substituting ‘‘The Secretary of Agri-
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