Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§517a Payment of Awards in Condemnation Proceedings
Title 16 › Chapter 2— NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 517a
Summary
Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to pay court awards to acquire land for the United States only after Attorney General approves the proceedings and decree.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §517a
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In condemnation proceedings, heretofore or hereafter prosecuted, for the acquisition of lands under this Act, in which a decree is entered vesting title thereto in the United States upon payment of the award into the registry of the court, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such payment when advised by the Attorney General that the proceedings and the decree are regular.
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 sections 515 to 517, 518, 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.
Amendments
1926—Act Dec. 11, 1926, amended act Mar. 1, 1911, constituting section 517 of this title, by inserting text of this section as a proviso thereof.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 517a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60