16 U.S.C. § 513 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(a)(1), (2), Oct

Page 954 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION §§ 506 to 508 provision that lands interchanged under authority of this section and section 505a of this title be deemed to include interests in lands. §§ 506 to 508. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157 Section 506, acts June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, § 1, 34 Stat. 233; May 30, 1908, ch. 233, 35 Stat. 554; Aug. 10, 1912, ch. 284, 37 Stat. 287; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, authorized and directed the Secretary of Agriculture to classify national forest lands chiefly valuable for agriculture and which might be occupied for agricultural purposes without injury to the na- tional forest and which were not needed for public pur- poses and to list them with the Secretary of the Inte- rior for homestead entry and required such Secretary to declare the agricultural lands open to homestead entry. Section 507, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, § 2, 34 Stat. 234, provided for additional homestead right of entry to former settlers. Section 508, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, § 3, 34 Stat. 234, provided for entries in Black Hills National Forest sub- ject to mining laws and to appropriation of waters. § 508a. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 152, 44 Stat. 1099, related to exchange of lands in Black Hills National or Harney National Forest. See Codification note set out under sections 486a to 486w of this title. § 508b. National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and uti- lize mineral resources Where, through withdrawal or reservation or by statutory limitation or otherwise, all or any part of the mineral resources in public-domain lands or lands received in exchange for public- domain lands or for timber on such lands situ- ated within the exterior boundaries of the na- tional forests in Minnesota, are not subject to development or utilization under the mining laws of the United States or the mineral leasing laws, and for the development and utilization of which no other statutory authority exists, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under general regulations to be prescribed by him and upon such terms and for specified periods or oth- erwise as he may deem to be for the best inter- ests of the United States, to permit the pros- pecting for and the development and utilization of such mineral resources: Provided, That the de- velopment and utilization of such mineral de- posits shall not be permitted by the Secretary of the Interior except with the consent of the Sec- retary of Agriculture. All receipts derived from permits or leases issued under the authority of this section for prospecting for and the develop- ment and utilization of such mineral resources shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury and shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed for national forest revenue by sections 499 to 501 of this title. (June 30, 1950, ch. 430, 64 Stat. 311.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Secretary of the Interior under this sec- tion, with respect to use and disposal from lands under jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture of those min- eral materials which Secretary of Agriculture is au- thorized to dispose of from other lands under his juris- diction under sections 601 to 604 and 611 to 615 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, transferred to Secretary of Agriculture, see Pub. L. 86–509, June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 205, set out as a Transfer of Functions note under sec- tion 2201 of Title 7, Agriculture. § 509. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157 Section, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, § 5, 34 Stat. 234, re- lated to future settlements on lands within reserves and rights of former bona fide settlers. §§ 510, 510a. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 510, act Aug. 8, 1916, ch. 295, 39 Stat. 440, which applied the provisions of sections 506 to 508 and 509 of this title to lands within the national forests in Lawrence and Pennington Counties in South Dakota, was omitted because of the repeal of sections 506 to 508 and 509 of this title. Section 510a, act June 13, 1930, ch. 481, 46 Stat. 583, prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the clas- sification and listing of lands in the Custer National Forest for homestead entry with provision for the Sec- retary of Agriculture to list, in his discretion, limited tracts when in his opinion such action would be in the public interest and would not be injurious to other set- tlers or users of the national forest, has been omitted in view of the repeal by Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157, of the provision under which such classi- fication and listing were carried out. § 511. Reinstatement of entries canceled or relin- quished All homestead entries which have been can- celed or relinquished, or are invalid solely be- cause of the erroneous allowance of such entries after the withdrawal of lands for national-forest purposes, may be reinstated or allowed to re- main intact, but in the case of entries canceled prior to March 3, 1911, applications for reinstate- ment must have been filed in the proper local land office prior to July 1, 1912. (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 225, § 1, 36 Stat. 1084.) § 512. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1[part], 37 Stat. 842; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, which directed the Secretary of Agriculture to se- lect, classify, and segregate lands within the bound- aries of national forests that might be opened to settle- ment and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the national forests, has been omitted in view of the re- peal of the Forest Reserve Homestead Act ‘‘as amended and supplemented’’ by Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157, which had provided the basic framework under which reserved public domain lands suitable for farming in the national forests had been made avail- able for homesteading. § 513. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(a)(1), (2), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961 Section, acts Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, §§ 4, 5, 36 Stat. 962; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 966, 64 Stat. 872, provided for creation Page 955 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, and sections 516 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Act Mar. 1, 1911, prior to its amendment, authorized the Secretary to study lands necessary to the regula- tion of the flow of navigable streams. This authority was enlarged by act June 7, 1924, to include in its scope ‘‘lands necessary for the production of timber’’. AMENDMENTS 1976—Pub. L. 94–588 substituted ‘‘The Secretary of Ag- riculture 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’’ for ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to examine, locate, and recommend for purchase such forested, cut- over, or denuded lands within the watersheds of navi- gable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber and to report to the National Forest Reservation Commission the results of such ex- amination; but before any lands are purchased by the commission said lands shall be examined by the Sec- retary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Director of the Geological Survey, and a report made by them to the commission showing that the control of such lands by the Federal Government will promote or protect the navigation of streams or by the Secretary of Agri- culture showing that such control will promote the production of timber thereon’’. § 516. Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange 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 there- for 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 gen- eral 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 re- moved under the laws and regulations relating to such national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the re- quirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands so accepted by the Secretary of Agri- culture 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. (Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 7, 36 Stat. 962; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 473, 43 Stat. 1215; Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(a)(4), 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, and sections 515, 517 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 1976—Pub. L. 94–588 substituted ‘‘When the public in- terests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of Agri- culture is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to ac- cept 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 pur-