43 U.S.C. § 2631 — Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered

Page 648 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 2624 per centum not required for payments to the counties shall be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States. (May 24, 1939, ch. 144, § 3, 53 Stat. 754.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1181f–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. § 2624. Amount available for administration of Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands under subchapter I; covering of unused receipts into general fund of Treasury Not to exceed 25 per centum of the annual re- ceipts shall be available, in such amounts as the Congress shall from time to time appropriate for the administration of subchapter I, insofar as such sections apply to the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Any balance not used for adminis- trative purposes shall be covered into the gen- eral fund of the Treasury of the United States. (May 24, 1939, ch. 144, § 4, 53 Stat. 754.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Subchapter I, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 2601 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1181f–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. SUBCHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION § 2631. Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections as revested grant lands; administra- tion as national-forest lands; revenues; prohi- bition against disposition or exchange Those unselected and unpatented odd-num- bered sections within the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant authorized by the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), as amended by the Act of April 10, 1869 (16 Stat. 47), and for which payment was made by the United States to such railroad or its succes- sors in interest under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), pursuant to the decree in the case of United States against Oregon and California R. R. Co. (8 F. (2d) 645), which were included within the boundaries of national forests by proclama- tions of the President of the United States issued under the dates of June 17, 1892, Sep- tember 28, 1893, October 5, 1906, January 25, 1907, March 1, 1907, and March 2, 1907, are declared to be revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands; and said lands shall continue to be administered as national-forest lands by the Secretary of Agriculture subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests: Provided, That all revenues hereafter de- rived from said lands and those revenues here- tofore derived from such lands and placed in spe- cial deposit by agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in accordance with the pro- visions of section 2605 of this title and said lands shall not hereafter be subject to the provisions of any other laws or parts of laws which other- wise prescribe the disposal or distribution of re- ceipts from lands of the United States, except that none of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect revenues distributed prior to June 24, 1954. No part of said lands or the resources thereof shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of this or any other law applicable to national-forest lands or otherwise. (June 24, 1954, ch. 357, § 1(a), 68 Stat. 270.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Acts July 25, 1866, April 10, 1869, and June 9, 1916, re- ferred to in text, are acts July 25, 1866, ch. 242, 14 Stat. 239, Apr. 10, 1869, ch. 27, 16 Stat. 47, and June 9, 1916, ch. 137, 39 Stat. 218, respectively, which are not classified to the Code. This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi- nal ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 24, 1954, ch. 357, 68 Stat. 270, which is classified principally to this sub- chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1181g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section constitutes subsec. (a) of section 1 of act June 24, 1954. Subsec. (b) of section 1 amended section 2605(a) of this title. § 2632. Exchange of jurisdiction between Secre- taries; conditions; publication in Federal Register The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- retary of Agriculture are authorized and di- rected, within two years after June 24, 1954, to exchange administrative jurisdiction of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands lying within the boundaries of any national for- est or within two miles of such boundaries, and national-forest lands of approximately equal ag- gregate value, when by such exchange the ad- ministration of the lands will be facilitated. Such exchanges shall be made subject to out- standing contracts, permits or other existing rights: Provided, That the said national-forest lands, administrative jurisdiction of which is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, shall be excluded from the national forest and shall become subject to administration under the same provisions of law as the revested lands in exchange for which they were transferred, and the revested lands, administrative jurisdiction of which is transferred to the Secretary of Agri- culture, shall become a part of the national for- ests subject to administration under the laws applicable to national forests: Provided further, That subject to the requirement of approximate equal aggregate value for the overall exchange, the revested lands and the national-forest lands, administrative jurisdiction of which is ex- changed in any county, shall be approximately equal in area unless otherwise agreed to by the counties concerned. The exchanges provided for