Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§527 Use of Forest Service Funds for Administration of Certain Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 527
Summary
The Forest Service can use protection funds to manage lands under contract, lands taken by condemnation under March 1, 1911, and June 7, 1924, or lands transferred to it.
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Title 16, §527
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The Forest Service may expend funds available for national forest protection and management for the administration of lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted under the Act of March 1, 1911, and the Act of June 7, 1924, and lands transferred to the Forest Service for administration.
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Act of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former section 513 and 514 and sections 515 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
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note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. Act of
June 7, 1924, referred to in text, is act
June 7, 1924, ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653, which is classified to section 471, 499, 505, 515, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, and 570 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification This section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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16 U.S.C. § 527
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102