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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 2 — National Forests

§ 521h. Regulations; contents

Statutory text

The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the provisions of sections 521c to 521i of this title, including specification of—

(1)

criteria which shall be used in making the determination as to what constitutes the public interest;

(2)

the definition of and the procedure for determining “approximately equal value”; and

(3)

factors relating to location or size which shall be considered in connection with determining the lands to be sold, exchanged, or interchanged under clause (1) of section 521e of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 97–465 § 6 · 96 Stat. 2535

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 521h

    (Pub. L. 97–465, § 6, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–465, § 6, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including specification of— (1) criteria which shall be used in making the determination as to what constitutes the public interest; (2) the definition of and the procedure for determining “approximately equal value”; and (3) factors relating to location or size which shall be considered in connection with determining the lands to be sold, exchanged, or interchanged under clause (1) of section 3.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–465, § 6, , 96 Stat. 2536.)

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