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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
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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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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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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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**(a) Establishment and purpose** The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the Forest Legacy Program, in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and other units of government for the purposes of ascertaining and protecting environmentally important forest areas that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses and, through the use of conservation easements and other mechanisms, for promoting forest land protection and other conservation opportunities. Such purposes shall also include the protection of important scenic, cultural, fish, wildlife, and recreational resources, riparian areas, and other ecological values.
**(b) State and regional forest legacy programs** The Secretary shall exercise the authority under subsection (a) in conjunction with State or regional programs that the Secretary deems consistent with this section.
**(c) Interests in land** In addition to the authorities granted under [section 515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section515&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 2268a(a) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2268a/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may acquire from willing landowners lands and interests therein, including conservation easements and rights of public access, for Forest Legacy Program purposes. The Secretary shall not acquire conservation easements with title held in common ownership with any other entity.
**(d) Implementation**
(1) **In general** — Lands and interests therein acquired under subsection (c) may be held in perpetuity for program and easement administration purposes as the Secretary may provide. In administering lands and interests therein under the program, the Secretary shall identify t
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**(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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When the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for the purposes of this Act, and in exchange therefor to convey by deed not to exceed an equal value of such national forest land in the same State, or he may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within such national forests in the same State, the values in each case to be determined by him: Provided, That before any such exchange is effected notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted, and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the laws and regulations relating to such national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands so accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon acceptance, become parts of the national forests within whose exterior boundaries they are located, and be subjected to all provisions of this Act.
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The provisions of sections 515, 564, 565,11 See References in Text note below. and 569 of this title are extended to the Territory of Puerto Rico, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the appropriate officials of Puerto Rico on the same terms and conditions as with the States: Provided, That not to exceed fifty thousand acres of land may be acquired in Puerto Rico under [section 515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section515&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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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