Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§577f Exchange of lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 577f
Summary
If the Secretary of Agriculture finds the goals in sections 577–577b would be better met by trading some United States lands inside those boundaries for state, county, or privately owned lands inside the same boundaries that are more suitable for public ownership and use, those federal lands can be exchanged. The exchanges must follow the procedures in sections 485 and 486 or in section 516.
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Title 16, §577f
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Upon finding and determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that the public purposes and objectives explicit and implicit in sections 577 to 577b of this title, more effectively can be accomplished by exchanging lands of the United States situated within the boundaries described in said sections for other lands in State, county, or private ownership situated within the said boundaries which are more suitable for public ownership, management, and use, for the purposes contemplated by said sections, such lands of the United States shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of section 485 and 486 of this title, or the provisions of section 516 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 577f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73