§ 315l. — Lands under nationalforest administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC315l]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 315l. Lands under national-forest administration
The President of the United States is authorized to reserve by
proclamation and place under national-forest administration in any State
where national forests may be created or enlarged by Executive order any
unappropriated public lands lying within watersheds forming a part of
the national forests which, in his opinion, can best be administered in
connection with existing national-forest administration units, and to
place under the Interior Department administration any lands within
national forests, principally valuable for grazing, which, in his
opinion, can best be administered under the provisions of this
subchapter: Provided, That such reservations or transfers shall not
interfere with legal rights acquired under any public-land laws so long
as such rights are legally maintained. Lands placed under the national-
forest administration under the authority of this subchapter shall be
subject to all the laws and regulations relating to national forests,
and lands placed under the Interior Department administration shall be
subject to all public-land laws and regulations applicable to grazing
districts created under authority of this subchapter. Nothing in this
section shall be construed so as to limit the powers of the President
(relating to reorganizations in the executive departments) granted by
sections 124 to 132 of title 5.\1\
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(June 28, 1934, ch. 865, Sec. 13, 48 Stat. 1274.)
References in Text
The public-land laws, referred to in text, are classified generally
to this title.
Sections 124 to 132 of title 5, referred to in text, was in the
original ``title 4 of the Act entitled `An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1934, and for other purposes', approved March 3, 1933'', meaning
Title IV of Part II (Secs. 401-409) of the Legislative Appropriation
Act, fiscal year 1933, as amended generally by section 16 of act Mar. 3,
1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1517, which was classified to sections 124 to
132 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and
Employees. Sections 124 to 131 of former Title 5 were repealed by Pub.
L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632, the first section of
which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and
section 132 of former Title 5 was omitted as executed pursuant to its
own terms.
