Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 3B — Soil Conservation
§ 590b. Lands on which preventive measures may be taken
Statutory text
The acts authorized in section 590a(1) and (2) of this title may be performed—
On lands owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency having jurisdiction thereof; and
On any other lands, upon obtaining proper consent or the necessary rights or interests in such lands.
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.
Pub. L. 74–85 § 2 · 49 Stat. 163
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 590b
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 2, 49 Stat. 163.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 2, 49 Stat. 163.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) To carry out preventive measures, including, but not limited Types of preventive measures to be employed. to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land;
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 2, 49 Stat. 163.)