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§583e Remedies against private owners; jurisdiction; final orders; “owner” defined
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - SUSTAINED-YIELD FOREST MANAGEMENT › § 583e
Summary
If a private forest landowner or a buyer of timber breaks the rules of a cooperative agreement, the Attorney General can sue in federal district court to make them follow the agreement when the Secretary asks. This does not replace other legal options. The court can issue temporary or final orders to enforce the agreement. "Owner" means the landowner and their heirs, successors, and assigns.
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Title 16, §583e
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In addition to any other remedy available under existing law, upon failure of any private owner of forest land which is subject to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this subchapter to comply with the terms of such agreement, or upon failure of any purchaser of timber or other forest products from such land to comply with the terms and conditions required by such agreement to be included in the contract of sale, the Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary concerned, is authorized to institute against such owner or such purchaser a proceeding in equity in the proper district court of the United States, to require compliance with the terms and conditions of said cooperative agreement; and jurisdiction is conferred upon said district courts to hear and determine such proceedings, to order compliance with the terms and conditions of cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to this subchapter, and to make such temporary and final orders as shall be deemed just in the premises. As used in this section the term “owner” shall include the heirs, successors, and assigns of the landowner entering into the cooperative agreements.
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16 U.S.C. § 583e
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73