16 USC § 546a - Boundaries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s546a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 546a - Boundaries"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "546a"
section_name: "Boundaries"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SCENIC AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–431, § 3, Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1905; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(18), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3266.)"
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# § 546a. Boundaries

**(a)** **Saint Helena Island** The scenic area shall comprise all of Saint Helena Island, in Lake Michigan, Michigan, and all associated rocks, pinnacles, islands, and islets within one-eighth mile of the shore of Saint Helena Island.

**(b)** **Boundaries of Hiawatha National Forest extended** January 1, 1965section 100506 of title 54

Upon establishment of the scenic area, the boundaries of the Hiawatha National Forest shall be extended to include all of the lands within the scenic area. All such extended boundaries shall be deemed boundaries in existence as of , for the purposes of .

**(c)** **Payments to local governments** section 6902 of title 31

Solely for purposes of payments to local governments pursuant to , lands acquired by the United States under sections 546 to 546a–5 of this title shall be treated as entitlement lands.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–431, § 3, Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1905; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(18), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3266.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (b).  substituted “” for “section 460–9 of this title”.