16 U.S.C. § 472 — Laws affecting national forest lands

The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands reserved under the provisions of section 471 [1] of this title, or sections supplemental to and amendatory thereof, after such lands have been so reserved, excepting such laws as affect the surveying, prospecting, locating, appropriating, entering, relinquishing, reconveying, certifying, or patenting of any of such lands. (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628 .) [1] See References in Text note below. Editorial Notes References in Text 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to in text, was in the original a reference to section 24 of act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1103 , and was repealed by Pub.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 . Codification Words “subject to the provisions for national forests established under subdivision (b) of section 471 of this title ,” which had been inserted by the original codifiers of the 1926 ed. of the Code, have been omitted because of the repeal of section 471 of this title by Pub. L. 94–579 . CFR Title Parts 36 200 , 211 , 214 , 241 , 242 , 251 , 261 , 262 , 292 , 294 50 100

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