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16 U.S.C. § 539a — Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands
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Subject to valid existing rights, the minerals in public lands within the Copper River addition to the Chugach National Forest, are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws. With respect to such areas, the Secretary, under such reasonable regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the removal of nonleasable minerals from the lands in the manner prescribed by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946 and [section 520 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section520&num=0&edition=prelim), and the removal of leasable minerals from such lands in accordance with the mineral leasing laws, if the Secretary finds that such disposition would not have significant adverse effects on the administration of the area. All receipts derived from disposal of nonleasable minerals under this section shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury of the United States and shall be distributed in the same manner as provided for receipts from national forests.
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Subject to valid existing rights, the minerals in public lands within the Copper River addition to the Chugach National Forest, are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws. With respect to such areas, the Secretary, under such reasonable regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the removal of nonleasable minerals from the lands in the manner prescribed by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946 and [section 520 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section520&num=0&edition=prelim), and the removal of leasable minerals from such lands in accordance with the mineral leasing laws, if the Secretary finds that such disposition would not have significant adverse effects on the administration of the area. All receipts derived from disposal of nonleasable minerals under this section shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury of the United States and shall be distributed in the same manner as provided for receipts from national forests.
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, under general regulations to be prescribed by him, to permit the prospecting, development, and utilization of the mineral resources of the lands acquired under the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, known as the Weeks law, upon such terms and for specified periods or otherwise, as he may deem to be for the best interests of the United States; and all moneys received on account of charges, if any, made under this Act shall be disposed of as is provided by existing law for the disposition of receipts from national forests.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 539b
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY CHANGE
Pub. L. 102–415, § 6, Oct. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 2113, as
amended by Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(12), Dec. 19, 2014, 128
Stat. 3265, provided that:
‘‘(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the
Chugach National Forest, Alaska, is modified to in-
clude the approximately 9,300 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Official Map, Boundary
Modification, Chugach National Forest’ and dated Sep-
tember 1988. The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the For-
est Service, Department of Agriculture.
‘‘(b)
ADMINISTRATION.—Subject
to
valid
existing
rights, all Federal lands brought within the boundary
of the Chugach National Forest by subsection (a) are
added to and shall be administered as part of the
Chugach National Forest.
‘‘(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(1) Nothing in this Act
[see Short Title of 1992 Amendment note set out under
section 1601 of Title 43, Public Lands] shall be con-
strued to affect the validity of, or the terms and condi-
tions of, any right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or
permit on lands transferred by this section that is in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 14,
1992].
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior shall delegate, as necessary,
to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to renew
or reissue the authorizations described in paragraph (1).
The change of administrative jurisdiction over these
lands resulting from subsection (a) shall not constitute
a ground for the denial of renewal or reissuance of the
authorizations described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND A
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