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16 U.S.C. § 582 — Puerto Rico; application of forest protection laws
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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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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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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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From and after May 17, 1932, the island designated “Porto Rico” in the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1917, as amended, shall be known and designated as “Puerto Rico.” All laws, regulations, and public documents and records of the United States in which such island is designated or referred to under the name of “Porto Rico” shall be held to refer to such island under and by the name of “Puerto Rico.”
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 582a
1 See References in Text note below.
(Oct. 11, 1949, ch. 674, § 1, 63 Stat. 763.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The benefits hereinbefore enumerated, referred to in
text, means the benefits enumerated in the preamble to
Joint Res. 53, Oct. 11, 1949, ch. 674, 63 Stat. 762. The pre-
amble is set out as a note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
PREAMBLE
The preamble to act Oct. 11, 1949, provided that:
‘‘Whereas the national forests of the United States
contain approximately eighty million acres of the Na-
tion’s commercial timber lands and approximately
eighty-three million acres of the Nation’s important
grazing lands; and
‘‘Whereas these national-forest lands comprise the
principal source of water supply for domestic, irriga-
tion, and industrial purposes for thousands of commu-
nities, farms, and industries, and good forest and other
vegetative cover is essential for watershed protection;
and
‘‘Whereas these lands annually supply approximately
four billion board-feet of forest products through twen-
ty-seven thousand sales transactions and the demand
for national forest timber is steadily increasing; and
‘‘Whereas these lands are the sole or main source of
summer range for ten million cattle and sheep grazed
by thirty thousand livestock permittees whose liveli-
hood is wholly or partially dependent upon livestock
grazed on national-forest ranges; and
‘‘Whereas these lands contain over four million acres
of denuded and unsatisfactorily stocked timberlands
and an additional four million acres of seriously de-
pleted range lands; and
‘‘Whereas all of these lands are potentially capable of
producing an important part of the timber and forage
needs of local communities, and contributing to
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