§ 1181h. — Exchange of jurisdiction between Secretaries; conditions; publication in Federal Register.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1181h]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 28--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
SUBCHAPTER V--OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD
GRANT LANDS
Sec. 1181h. Exchange of jurisdiction between Secretaries;
conditions; publication in Federal Register
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are
authorized and directed, within two years after June 24, 1954, to
exchange administrative jurisdiction of revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands lying within the boundaries of any national forest
or within two miles of such boundaries, and national-forest lands of
approximately equal aggregate value, when by such exchange the
administration of the lands will be facilitated. Such exchanges shall be
made subject to outstanding contracts, permits or other existing rights:
Provided, That the said national-forest lands, administrative
jurisdiction of which is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior,
shall be excluded from the national forest and shall become subject to
administration under the same provisions of law as the revested lands in
exchange for which they were transferred, and the revested lands,
administrative jurisdiction of which is transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall become a part of the national forests subject to
administration under the laws applicable to national forests: Provided
further, That subject to the requirement of approximate equal aggregate
value for the overall exchange, the revested lands and the national-
forest lands, administrative jurisdiction of which is exchanged in any
county, shall be approximately equal in area unless otherwise agreed to
by the counties concerned. The exchanges provided for in this section
shall in each case be evidenced by an order signed by the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and such orders shall be
transmitted to the Division of the Federal Register for filing and
publication.
(June 24, 1954, ch. 357, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 271.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1181g, 1181j, 1735, 1752 of
this title; title 16 section 521a; title 30 sections 601, 603.
