§ 583f. “Federally owned or administered forest land” defined

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. 1944

   Pub. L. 78–146 § 7 · 58 Stat. 132

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 583f

   (Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 7, 58 Stat. 134.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 7, 58 Stat. 134.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. Whenever used in this Act, the term “federally owned or administered forest land” shall be construed to mean forest land in which, or in the natural resources of which, the United States has a legal or equitable interest of any character sufficient to entitle the United States to control the management or disposition of the timber or other forest products thereon, except land heretofore or hereafter reserved or withdrawn for purposes which are inconsistent with the exercise of the authority conferred by this Act; and shall include trust or restricted Indian land, whether tribal or allotted, except that such land shall not be included without the consent of the Indians concerned.

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