Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§552 Consent to Agreement by States for Conservation of Forests and Water Supply
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 552
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Congress lets states make agreements with other states to protect forests and water, as long as those agreements do not violate federal law.
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Title 16, §552
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Consent of the Congress of the United States is given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact.
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Act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, which enacted this section, former section 513 and 514 of this title, and sections 515 to 519, 521, and 563 of this title and amended section 480 and 500 of this title, is popularly known as the Weeks Law.
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16 U.S.C. § 552
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102