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16 U.S.C. § 577c — Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota
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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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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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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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The authority granted in [section 577c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section577c&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be supplemental to the authority granted by existing Acts relating to the acquisition of lands for national-forest purposes and shall not be deemed as repealing any portions of those Acts except as provided hereinafter; and said supplemental authority granted by [section 577c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section577c&num=0&edition=prelim), but not the authority granted by existing Acts, shall be confined to the following described areas in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, State of Minnesota:
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Lands shall be acquired by purchase or condemnation under the supplemental authority granted in [section 577c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section577c&num=0&edition=prelim) only with prior approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior National Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act, as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act, as amended, except as hereinafter provided.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 577d
this title, was repealed by Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23,
1962, 76 Stat. 1157.
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the
original the ‘‘Federal Water Power Act’’, which was re-
designated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of
this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920,
ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, and is classified generally to chap-
ter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this
title and Tables.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of
Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain ex-
ceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan
No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat.
633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Or-
ganization and Employees.
§ 577c. Acquisition of additional lands in north-
ern Minnesota
To protect and administer more effectively
the publicly owned lands within certain parts of
the area described in section 577 of this title,
and to accomplish certain public purposes ex-
plicit and implicit in sections 577a and 577b of
this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is au-
thorized and directed to acquire any lands or in-
terest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situ-
ated within the area described in section 577d of
this title, where in his opinion development or
exploitation, or the potentialities for develop-
ment or exploitation, impair or threaten to im-
pair the unique qualities and natural features of
the remaining wilderness canoe country.
(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 1, 62 Stat. 568; Pub. L.
87–351, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1961—Pub. L. 87–351 removed the restrictio
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