the national seashore recreational area as designated by the Secretary of the Interior, shall continue as such refuge under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of migratory birds. But such lands and waters shall be a part of the aforesaid national seashore recreational area and shall be administered by the National Park Service for recreational uses not inconsistent with the purposes of such refuge under such rules and regulations as the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may jointly approve. The last sentence of subsection (a) of this section shall not limit the power of the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire lands for any migratory bird refuge by purchase with any funds made available therefor by applicable law.

§ 1402. Addition of lands to Recreational Area

There is transferred to the Secretary without reimbursement or transfer of funds, administrative jurisdiction over an area of approximately twenty-one and eight-tenths acres of federally owned land, formerly designated as the Naval Amphibious Training Station, together with any improvements thereon which may exist at the time of the transfer, situated on Ocracoke Island within the village of Ocracoke, County of Hyde, in the State of North Carolina. When established, the property shall be a part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.

RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS § 1421. Disposition; conveyance to States authorized

The Secretary may, with the approval of the President, convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions thereof, without consideration, any or all of the recreational demonstration projects and lands, improvements, and equipment comprised within such projects in his jurisdiction, or any parts of such projects, when in his judgment the grantees or lessees are adequately prepared to administer, operate, and maintain such project areas for public park, recreational, and conservation purposes, or he may, with the approval of the President, transfer to other Federal agencies any of the aforesaid recreational demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.

§ 1422. Deeds and leases; conditions; reversion to United States The Secretary may execute on behalf of the United States all necessary deeds and leases to effect the purposes of this section and section 1421. Every such deed or lease shall contain the express condition that the grantee or lessee shall use the property exclusively for public park, recreational, and conservation purposes, and the further express

condition that the United States assumes no obligation for the maintenance or operation of the property after the acceptance of such deed or during the term of such lease, and may contain such other conditions not inconsistent with such express conditions as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the grantee or lessee. The title and right to possession of any lands so conveyed or leased, together with the improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary, after notice to such grantee or lessee and after an opportunity for a hearing, that the grantee or lessee has not complied with such conditions during a period of more than three years, which finding shall be final and conclusive. Such lands and improvements thereon, upon such reversion to the United States, shall be returned to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and upon determination of the Secretary may be considered as surplus real property.

§ 1423. Exchange of recreational demonstration project lands by grantee

In order to facilitate the administration of former recreational demonstration project lands and to consolidate the holdings of the grantees to whom such lands have been or may be granted pursuant to sections 1421 and 1422, the Secretary may authorize any such grantee to exchange or otherwise dispose of any lands or interests in lands conveyed to it in order to acquire other lands or interests therein of approximately equal value.

For the aforesaid purpose, the Secretary is authorized to execute a release, as to the particular lands involved, of any condition providing for a reversion of title to the United States, that may be contained in the conveyance by the United States to said grantee. No such release shall be executed, however, unless the grantee shall agree, in form satisfactory to the Secretary, that the lands to be acquired by it shall be subject to the conditions contained in the original conveyance from the United States, except that in lieu of a provision for reversion, the grantee shall agree to convey the lands to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary in accordance with the procedure provided in sections 1421 and 1422, that the grantee has not complied with such conditions during a period of more than three years. Lands so conveyed to the United States shall be subject to administration or disposition in like manner as recreational demonstration project lands that revert to the United States under the terms of the aforesaid sections.

MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS

§ 1431. Cyclorama of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; continuance as national historic object

The Cyclorama of Gettysburg, a cycloramic oil painting housed on October 5, 1944, in a building on Baltimore Street in the City of Gettysburg, State of Pennsylvania, established as a national historic object October 5, 1944, by order of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, shall continue as a national historic object.

PART II-NATIONAL FORESTS AND FORESTRY

Chapter

81. PUBLIC LAND NATIONAL FORESTS_

83. ACQUIRED LAND NATIONAL FORESTS_

85. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NATIONAL FORESTS_.

87. FOREST SERVICE; EXPERIMENT STATIONS__

89. COOPERATION IN REFORESTATION AND FOREST PROTECTION

91. SUSTAINED YIELD FOREST MANAGEMENT_

93. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST-MINNESOTA_

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CHAPTER 81-PUBLIC LAND NATIONAL FORESTS

1501. National forests; establishment; administration.

1502. National forests in certain states; establishment restricted.

1503. Purposes for which national forests may be established.

1504. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests.

1505. Surveys; plats and field notes; maps of Geological Survey.

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1506. Public lands chiefly valuable for stream-flow protection or timber production.

1507. Withdrawal of lands to protect watersheds; withdrawal under reclamation laws; restoration.

1508. Administration of lands by Secretary of Agriculture.

1509. Resources withheld from use; payments by municipalities to Forest Service. 1510. Existing rights preserved.

1511. Exchange of lands in national forests; timber rights.

1512. Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements.

1513. Mineral or agricultural lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry.

1514. Agricultural lands opened to homestead entry.

1515. Future settlements on lands within reserves, and rights of former bona fide

settlers.

1516. Entries in Black Hills National Forest subject to mining laws and to appropriation of waters.

1517. Right of homestead entry denied to certain lands; Custer National Forest. 1518. Mining locations within national forests; use of surface; timber cutting. 1519. Conveyance of mineral deposits; timber rights.

1520. Perfection of mining claims.

1521. Coronado National Forest; mining locations; protection of scenic values; patent rights; mining claims.

1522. Use of timber and stone by settlers.

1523. Sale of mature, dead, and down timber.

1524. Earth, stone, and timber for National Military Establishment and Govern

ment works in Alaska.

1525. Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting.

1526. Sites for schools and churches.

1527. Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available.

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1528. Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels.

1529. Share of receipts paid State for schools and roads.

1530. Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; patents; protection of mining

claims.

1531. National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources.

1532. Coconino National Forest.

§ 1501. National forests; establishment; administration

(a) Except as provided in section 1502 of this title, the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as national forests, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such forests and the limits thereof.

(b) Except as provided in section 1502 of this title, the President may establish as national forests or parts thereof any lands within the boundaries of Government reservations, other than areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, reservations for mineral deposits or water-power purposes, and Indian reservations, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the department then administering the reservation and of the Secretary of Agriculture, are suitable for the production of timber.

(c) The President may revoke, modify, or suspend any and all Executive Orders and proclamations or any part thereof issued under this section, from time to time as he shall deem best for the public interests. By such modification he may reduce the area or change the boundary lines or may vacate altogether any order establishing a national forest.

§ 1502. National forests in certain states; establishment restricted

Except by Act of Congress no national forest shall be established, nor shall any addition be made to any national forest pursuant to section 1501 (a) or (c) of this title, to include areas within the limits of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming; or, pursuant to section 1501 (b) of this title, to include areas within the limits of the States of Arizona or New Mexico.

§ 1503. Purposes for which national forests may be established No national forest shall be established pursuant to § 1501 of this title except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries,

or for the purpose of protecting watersheds or of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the inclusion in national forests of lands more valuable for the mineral therein, or for agricultural purposes, than for forest purposes.

§ 1504. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests Where the exterior boundaries of national forests are required to be coincident with standard, township, or section lines, such boundaries may, if not previously established in the ordinary course of the public land surveys, be established and marked under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey whenever necessary to complete the survey of such exterior boundaries.

§ 1505. Surveys; plats and field notes: maps of Geological Survey

Surveys, field notes, and plats returned from the survey of national forests undertaken under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey shall have the same legal force and effect as surveys, field notes, and plats returned through the Bureau of Land Management. Such surveys, which include subdivision surveys under the rectangular system, approved by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management as in other cases, and properly certified copies thereof shall be filed in the respective land offices of the districts in which such lands are situated, as in other cases. A copy of every topographic map and other maps showing the distribution of the forests, together with such field notes as may be taken relating thereto, shall be certified thereto by the Director of the Survey and filed in the Bureau of Land Management.

§ 1506. Public lands chiefly valuable for stream-flow protection or timber production

The Secretary of Agriculture may ascertain and determine the location of public lands chiefly valuable for stream-flow protection or for timber production, which can be economically administered as parts of national forests, and may report his findings to the National Forest Reservation Commission, and if the commission shall determine that the administration of said lands by the Federal Government will protect the flow of streams used for navigation or for irrigation, or will promote a future timber supply, the President shall lay the findings of the commission before the Congress of the United States.