Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§517 Title to Lands to Be Acquired
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 517
Summary
Agriculture Secretary may secure land titles, but no payment until Attorney General (or designee) approves and U.S. holds title.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §517
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The Secretary of Agriculture may do all things necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the lands to be acquired under this Act, but no payment shall be made for any such lands until the title shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General or his designee and shall be vested in the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted this section, former section 513 and 514 of this title, and section 515, 516, 517a to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended section 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. Codification Section was amended by act Dec. 11, 1926, ch. 5, 44 Stat. 919. The amendment added a proviso at the end of this section which is set out as section 517a of this title.
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–393 inserted “or his designee” after “Attorney General”.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 517
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102