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16 U.S.C. § 516 — Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange
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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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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 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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Upon finding and determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that the public purposes and objectives explicit and implicit in sections 577 to 577b of this title, more effectively can be accomplished by exchanging lands of the United States situated within the boundaries described in said sections for other lands in State, county, or private ownership situated within the said boundaries which are more suitable for public ownership, management, and use, for the purposes contemplated by said sections, such lands of the United States shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of sections 485 and 486 of this title, or the provisions of [section 516 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section516&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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