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16 U.S.C. § 567a (CONSERVATION)
§ 567a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in acquisition and administration of State forests
For the purpose of stimulating the acquisition, development, and proper administration and management of State forests and of insuring coordinated effort by Federal and State agencies in carrying out a comprehensive national program of forest-land management, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of any State or States for acquiring in the name of the United States, by purchase or otherwise, such forest lands within the cooperating State as in his judgment the State is adequately prepared to administer, develop, and manage as State forests in accordance with the provisions of sections 567a to 567c of this title and with such other terms not inconsistent therewith as he shall prescribe, such acquisition to include the mapping, examination, appraisal, and surveying of such lands and the doing of all things necessary to perfect title thereto in the United States: Provided, That, since it is the declared policy of Congress to maintain and, where it is in the national interest to extend the national-forest system, nothing herein shall be construed to modify, limit, or change in any manner whatsoever the future ownership and administration by the United States of existing national forests and related facilities, or hereafter to restrict or prevent their extension through the acquisition by purchase or otherwise of additional lands for any national-forest purpose: Provided further, That sections 567a to 567c of this title shall not be construed to limit or repeal any legislation authorizing land exchanges by the Federal Government, and private lands acquired by exchange within the limits of any area subject to a cooperative agreement of the character herein authorized shall hereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 567a to 567c of this title.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 808, § 1, 49 Stat. 963.)
16 U.S.C. § 567c (CONSERVATION)
§ 567c. Authorization of appropriation for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests
For the purposes of sections 567a to 567c of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated, a sum or sums out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $5,000,000, as Congress may from time to time appropriate.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 808, § 3, 49 Stat. 965.)
16 U.S.C. § 568a (CONSERVATION)
§ 568a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with Territories and other possessions of the United States on the same terms and conditions as with States under sections 566, 567,1 and 568 of this title.
(Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 134, 44 Stat. 250.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Sections 566 and 567 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
16 U.S.C. § 568b (CONSERVATION)
§ 568b. Repealed. Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 3, 64 Stat. 473, eff. June 30, 1951
text: Section, act May 18, 1937, ch. 226, 50 Stat. 188, related to cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture in development of farm forestry in States and Territories. This section was known as the “Cooperative Farm Forestry Act”.
16 U.S.C. § 568c...568e (CONSERVATION)
§§ 568c to 568e. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(4), (5), formerly § 13(a)(4), (5), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(4), (5), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
text: Section 568c, acts Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 1, 64 Stat. 473; May 5, 1972, Pub. L. 92–288, § 1, 86 Stat. 134, required cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and State officials in providing technical services to private landowners, etc.
text: Section 568d, acts Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 2, 64 Stat. 473; Sept. 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87–680, 76 Stat. 569; May 5, 1972, Pub. L. 92–288, § 2, 86 Stat. 134, set forth funding requirements for cooperative forest management programs involving private landowners, etc.
text: Section 568e, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title IV, § 401, 70 Stat. 207, set forth provisions relating to assistance to States for tree planting and reforestation through the Secretary of Agriculture.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
heading: Short Title
text: Section 4 of act Aug. 25, 1950, setting forth the popular name of the act of Aug. 25, 1950, as the “Cooperative Forest Management Act,” was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(4), formerly § 13(a)(4), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(4), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.
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§§ 568f, 568g. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section 568f, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title IV, § 402, 70 Stat. 208, required the Secretary of Agriculture to make a study of price trends and relationships for basic forest products and submit a report to the Congress within one year from May 28, 1956.
Section 568g, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title IV, § 403, as added Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–829, 72 Stat. 986, which provided that as used in section 568e of this title, the term “State” included the Territory of Hawaii, is obsolete in view of the repeal of section 568e of this title by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(5), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
16 U.S.C. § 569 (CONSERVATION)
§ 569. Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes
To enable owners of lands chiefly valuable for the growing of timber crops to donate or devise such lands to the United States in order to assure future timber supplies for the agricultural and other industries of the State or for other national forest purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any such land so donated or devised, subject to such reservations by the donor of the present stand of merchantable timber or of mineral or other rights for a period not exceeding twenty years as the Secretary of Agriculture may find to be reasonable and not detrimental to the purposes of this section, and to pay out of any moneys appropriated for the general expenses of the Forest Service the cost of recording deeds or other expenses incident to the examination and acceptance of title. Any lands to which title is so accepted shall be in units of such size or so located as to be capable of economical administration as national forests either separately or jointly with other lands acquired under this section, or jointly with an existing national forest. All lands to which title is accepted under this section shall, upon acceptance of title, become national forest lands, subject to all laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911, and amendments thereto. In the sale of timber from national forest lands acquired under this section preference shall be given to applicants who will furnish the products desired therefrom to meet the necessities of citizens of the United States engaged in agriculture in the States in which such national forest is situated. All property, rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of lands donated or devised to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 7, 43 Stat. 654.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Act of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 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.
16 U.S.C. § 570 (CONSERVATION)
§ 570. Ascertainment by Secretary of Agriculture of public lands valuable for stream-flow protection and report thereof
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to ascertain and determine the location of public lands chiefly valuable for stream-flow protection or for timber production, which can be economically administered as parts of national forests, and to report his findings to the National Forest Reservation Commission established under the Act of March 1, 1911, and if the commission shall determine that the administration of said lands by the Federal Government will protect the flow of streams used for navigation or for irrigation, or will promote a future timber supply, the President shall lay the findings of the commission before the Congress of the United States.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 8, 43 Stat. 655.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was established under section 4 of Act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). Section 4 of the 1911 act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961.
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§§ 571a, 571b. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section 571a, Pub. L. 85–77, title II, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 270, which related to maximum allowance on construction costs, was from the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1958, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts.
Section 571b, Pub. L. 85–439, title II, June 4, 1958, 72 Stat. 167, which related to maximum allowance for building improvements, was from the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1959, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to former section 571a of this title were carried in following prior appropriation acts:
June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title II, 70 Stat. 268.
June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, 69 Stat. 153.
June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title I, 68 Stat. 307.
July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 211.
July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 342.
Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 232.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. VI, title I, 64 Stat. 665.
June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 337.
June 19, 1948, ch. 543, 62 Stat. 520.
July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 523.
June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 283.
May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 149.
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 442.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 411.
July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 679.
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 421.
June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 545.
June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 954.
Provisions similar to former section 571b of this title were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
July 1, 1957, Pub. L. 85–77, title II, 71 Stat. 270.
June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title II, 70 Stat. 268.
June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, 69 Stat. 153.
June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title I, 68 Stat. 309.
July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 213.
July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 343.
Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 233.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. VI, title I, 64 Stat. 667.
June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 339.
June 19, 1948, ch. 543, 62 Stat. 520.
July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 523.
June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 283.
May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 152.
16 U.S.C. § 571c (CONSERVATION)
§ 571c. Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases
Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law and without regard to sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40, but within the limitations of cost otherwise applicable, appropriations of the Forest Service may be expended for the erection of buildings, lookout towers, and other structures on land owned by States, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, corporations, or individuals: Provided, That prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right to remove any such structure within a reasonable time after the termination of the right to use the land.
(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 1, 64 Stat. 82.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: “Sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40” substituted in text for “section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
16 U.S.C. § 572a (CONSERVATION)
§ 572a. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of scaling services
The Forest Service may accept money from timber purchasers for deposit into the Treasury in the trust account, “Forest Service cooperative fund”, which moneys are made available for scaling services requested by purchasers in addition to those required by the Forest Service, and for refunds of amounts deposited in excess of the cost of such work.
(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 210, 58 Stat. 737.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
16 U.S.C. § 574 (CONSERVATION)
§ 574. Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse owners of private property for damage or destruction thereof caused by employees of the United States in connection with the protection, administration, or improvement of the national forests, payment to be made from any funds appropriated for the protection, administration, and improvement of the national forests: Provided, That no payment in excess of $2,500 shall be made on any such claim.
(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 2, 46 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 87–869, § 8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1962—Pub. L. 87–869 increased from $500 to $2,500 the authorization for reimbursement of owners of private property for damages caused in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests.
16 U.S.C. § 575 (CONSERVATION)
§ 575. Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting persons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local authorities.
(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 3, 46 Stat. 387.)
16 U.S.C. § 576 (CONSERVATION)
§ 576. Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and forest improvement work
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish forest tree nurseries and do all other things needful in preparation for planting on national forests on the scale possible under the appropriations authorized by section 576a of this title: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the said Secretary under other authority of law.
(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 1, 46 Stat. 527.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Short Title
text: The act of June 9, 1930, ch. 416, 46 Stat. 527, as amended, which is classified to sections 576 to 576b of this title, is popularly known as the “Knutson-Vandenberg Act”.
16 U.S.C. § 576a (CONSERVATION)
§ 576a. Authorization of appropriation for reforestation
There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after year ending June 30, 1934, not to exceed $400,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and operate nurseries, to collect or to purchase tree seed or young trees, to plant trees, and to do all other things necessary for reforestation by planting or seeding national forests and for the additional protection, care, and improvement of the resulting plantations or young growth.
(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 2, 46 Stat. 527.)
16 U.S.C. § 576c (CONSERVATION)
§ 576c. Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund; establishment; duration; authorization of appropriations
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a “Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund”, and transfer to that fund beginning with the fiscal year, commencing July 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1987, such amounts as may be appropriated therefor. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for each of the fiscal years during such period the sum of $65,000,000.
(Pub. L. 92–421, § 1, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678; Pub. L. 94–273, § 2(9), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “September” for “June”.
16 U.S.C. § 576d (CONSERVATION)
§ 576d. Expenditure of Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund moneys; availability of moneys from other sources unaffected
Moneys transferred to the National Forest Reforestation Fund under the provisions of sections 576c to 576e 1 of this title shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture, for expenditure upon appropriation, for the purpose of supplementing programs of tree planting and seeding of national forest lands determined by the Secretary to be in need of reforestation. Such moneys shall be available until expended, and shall be provided without prejudice to appropriations or funds available from other sources for the same purposes, including those available pursuant to section 576b of this title.
(Pub. L. 92–421, § 2, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 576e of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237.
16 U.S.C. § 576e (CONSERVATION)
§ 576e. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237
text: Section, Pub. L. 92–421, § 3, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678, required Secretary of Agriculture to provide, within one year after Sept. 18, 1972, a report to Congress setting forth scope of total national forest reforestation needs and a planned program for reforesting such lands, including a description of extent to which funds authorized by sections 576c to 576e of this title were to be applied and to annually thereafter make a report to Congress on use of funds authorized by sections 576c to 576e of this title and progress toward completion of the planned national forest reforestation program.
16 U.S.C. § 577 (CONSERVATION)
§ 577. Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation
All public lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St. Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Township 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the international boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas heretofore described in this section; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P. M.; and all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests.
(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, § 1, 46 Stat. 1020.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Short Title
text: The act of July 10, 1930, ch. 881, 46 Stat. 1020, which is classified to sections 577 to 577b of this title, is popularly known as the “Shipstead-Nolan Act”.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
16 U.S.C. § 577a (CONSERVATION)
§ 577a. Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging
The principle of conserving the natural beauty of shore lines for recreational use shall apply to all Federal lands which border upon any boundary lake or stream contiguous to this area, or any other lake or stream within this area which is now or eventually to be in general use for boat or canoe travel, and that for the purpose of carrying out this principle logging of all such shores to a depth of four hundred feet from the natural water line is forbidden except as the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture may see fit in particular instances to vary the distance for practical reasons: Provided, That in no case shall logging of any timber other than diseased, insect infested, dying, or dead be permitted closer to the natural shore line than two hundred feet, except where necessary to open areas for banking grounds, landings, and other uses connected with logging operations.
(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, § 2, 46 Stat. 1021.)
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
16 U.S.C. § 577c (CONSERVATION)
§ 577c. Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota
To protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands within certain parts of the area described in section 577 of this title, and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in sections 577a and 577b of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in section 577d of this title, where in his opinion development or exploitation, or the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining wilderness canoe country.
(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 1, 62 Stat. 568; Pub. L. 87–351, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1961—Pub. L. 87–351 removed the restriction on condemnation of contiguous tracts of land in one ownership, not exceeding five hundred acres in the aggregate, if the lands were encumbered with structures of a permanent type suitable for human occupancy and if the owners thereof filed written objections before expiration of the time for answering the petition in the proceedings.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Short Title
text: The act of June 22, 1948, ch. 593, 62 Stat. 568, as amended, which is classified to sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title, is popularly known as the “Thye-Blatnik Act”.