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16 U.S.C. § 460lll–14 — Civil and criminal jurisdiction

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16 U.S.C. § 460lll–14 — Civil and criminal jurisdiction

**(a) Administration** The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with this subchapter and the laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System. **(b) Status** Land within the Recreation Area shall have the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the “Weeks Act”) ([16 U.S.C. 515](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section515&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(c) Law enforcement** In order to provide for a cost-effective transfer of the law enforcement responsibilities between the Forest Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the law enforcement authorities designated under [section 831c–3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section831c-3&num=0&edition=prelim) are hereby granted to special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service. The law enforcement authorities designated under [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section551&num=0&edition=prelim), [section 559 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559&num=0&edition=prelim), the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 ([16 U.S.C. 559b–559g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559b–559g&num=0&edition=prelim)) are hereby granted to law enforcement agents of the Tennessee Valley Authority, within the boundaries of the Recreation Area, for a period of 1 year from October 21, 1998.

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16 U.S.C. § 515 — Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to examine, locate, and purchase such forested, cut-over, or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber. No deed or other instrument of conveyance of lands referred to herein shall be accepted or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of such land by the United States for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable streams.

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16 U.S.C. § 551 — Protection of national forests; rules and regulations

The Secretary of Agriculture shall make provisions for the protection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the public forests and national forests which may have been set aside or which may be hereafter set aside under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction; and any violation of the provisions of this section, sections 473 to 478 and 479 to 482 of this title or such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate judge specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401(b) to (e) of title 18.

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16 U.S.C. § 552 — Consent to agreement by States for conservation of forests and water supply

Consent of the Congress of the United States is given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact.

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21 U.S.C. § 841 — Prohibited acts A

**(a) Unlawful acts** Except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally— (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or (2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance. **(b) Penalties** Except as otherwise provided in section 849, 859, 860, or 861 of this title, any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced as follows: (1) (A) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving— (i) 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin; (ii) 5 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of— (I) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; (II) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; (III) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or (IV) any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in subclauses (I) through (III); (iii) 280 grams or more of a mixture or substance described in clause (ii) which contains cocaine base; (iv) 100 grams or more of phencyclidine (PCP) or 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP); (v) 10 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); (vi) 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N- [

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16 U.S.C. § 559 — Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations

All persons employed in the Forest Service of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and any person so arrested shall be taken before the nearest United States magistrate judge, within whose jurisdiction the forest is located, for trial; and upon sworn information by any competent person any United States magistrate judge in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations.

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16 U.S.C. § 559b — Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances

**(a) Purpose** The purpose of sections 559b to 559f of this title is to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in sections 559b to 559f of this title referred to as the “Secretary”) to take actions necessary, in connection with the administration and use of the National Forest System, to prevent the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of marijuana and other controlled substances. **(b) Law enforcement authority** Nothing in sections 559b to 559f of this title shall diminish in any way the law enforcement authority of the Forest Service. **(c) Definitions** As used in sections 559b to 559f of this title, the terms “manufacture”, “dispense”, and “distribute” shall have the same meaning given such terms in [section 802 of title 21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim).

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16 U.S.C. § 515 — Examination, location, and purchase of for-

Page 955 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 516 and membership of National Forest Reservation Com- mission. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588 provided in part that all functions of National Forest Reservation Commis- sion are transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture. § 514. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(a)(6), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962 Section, acts Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 14, 36 Stat. 963; June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 2, 48 Stat. 1225, authorized appro- priations for payment of expenses of National Forest Reservation Commission. § 515. Examination, location, and purchase of for- ested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby author- ized and directed to examine, locate, and pur- chase such forested, cut-over, or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regula- tion of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber. No deed or other instru- ment of conveyance of lands referred to herein shall be accepted or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act until the legisla- ture of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of such land by the United States for the purpose of pre- serving the navigability of navigable streams. (Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 6, 36 Stat. 962; June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 6, 43 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(a)(3), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted this section, former sections 513 and 514 of this title

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16 U.S.C. § 559b — Prevention of manufacture, etc., of mari-

Page 1060 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 559a ests’’ and ‘‘or national park’’ after ‘‘jurisdiction the forest’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘United States magistrate judge’’ substituted for ‘‘United States magistrate’’ wherever appearing in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judi- cial Procedure. Previously, ‘‘United States magistrate’’ substituted for ‘‘United States commissioner’’ pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28. § 559a. Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regula- tions The Secretary of Agriculture may pay rewards from appropriations available for the protection and management of the national forests, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for infor- mation leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the un- lawful taking of, or injury to, Government prop- erty. (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 201, 58 Stat. 736.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. § 559b. Prevention of manufacture, etc., of mari- juana and other controlled substances (a) Purpose The purpose of sections 559b to 559f of this title is to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in sections 559b to 559f of this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to take actions necessary, in connection with the administra- tion and use of the National Forest System, to prevent the manufacture, distribution, or dis- pensing of marijuana and other controlled sub- stances. (b) Law enforcement authority Nothing in sections 55

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