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16 USC § 505b - Laws applicable 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s505b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 505b - Laws applicable"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "505b"
section_name: "Laws applicable"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1956, ch. 736, § 2, 70 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 100–409, § 7(a), (c), Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1091.)"
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# § 505b. Laws applicable

section 505a of this titlesection 505a of this titleMarch 1, 191136 Stat. 961section 505a of this title

Any National Forest System lands which are transferred to a military department in accordance with this section and  shall be thereafter subject only to the laws applicable to other lands within the military installation or other public works project for which such lands are required and any lands which are transferred to the Department of Agriculture in accordance with this section and  shall become subject to the laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of  (), as amended. Lands interchanged under the authority of this section and  shall be deemed to include interests in lands.

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1956, ch. 736, § 2, 70 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 100–409, § 7(a), (c), Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1091.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1988— substituted “National Forest System lands” for “national forest lands” and inserted provision that lands interchanged under authority of this section and  be deemed to include interests in lands.