16 U.S.C. § 552a — Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation
submitted 86 years ago by ch. 220 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 78 words · no verdicts yet
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The President, upon recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, may, by Executive order, when in his judgment the public interest would best be served thereby and after reasonable notice has been given through the Department of the Interior, restore any reserved national-forest lands covered by a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of a watershed within a national forest from which water is secured, to appropriation under any applicable public-lands law.
Source credit: (May 28, 1940, ch. 220, § 1, 54 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
- 1940Enacted · Act of May 28, 1940, ch. 220 · 54 Stat. 224
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-579 · 90 Stat. 2792
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 220 on 1940-05-28.
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