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§577e Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for Acquisition of Additional Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 577e
Summary
The National Forest Reservation Commission (Act of Mar. 1, 1911, section 4, as amended) must approve any land bought or condemned under section 577c; those lands become part of Superior National Forest and follow that Act and related laws.
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Title 16, §577e
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Lands shall be acquired by purchase or condemnation under the supplemental authority granted in section 577c of this title only with prior approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior National Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act, as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act, as amended, except as hereinafter provided.
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The National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was created by section 4 of act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). section 4 of the 1911 Act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961. Said Act, referred to in text, means 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.
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16 U.S.C. § 577e
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 5, 2026
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