Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§521 Lands Acquired to Be Reserved, Held, and Administered as National Forest Lands; Designation
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 521
Summary
Lands bought under this Act must be kept forever as national forests under section 471 and subject to section 519. The Secretary of Agriculture may split and name them for administration.
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Title 16, §521
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Subject to the provisions of section 519 of this title the lands acquired under this Act shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands under the provisions of section 471 of this title and acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof. And the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time divide the lands acquired under this Act into such specific national forests and so designate the same as he may deem best for administrative purposes.
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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 519, 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
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note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. section 471 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to section 24 of act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1103, and was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
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16 U.S.C. § 521
Title 16, Conservation
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110