16 USC § 577e - Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands

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title: "16 USC § 577e - Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "577e"
section_name: "Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 3, 62 Stat. 570.)"
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# § 577e. Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands

section 577c of this titleMarch 1, 1911

Lands shall be acquired by purchase or condemnation under the supplemental authority granted in  only with prior approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved , as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior National Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act, as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act, as amended, except as hereinafter provided.

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**Source Credit**: (June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 3, 62 Stat. 570.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was created by section 4 of act  (). Section 4 of the 1911 Act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by , , .

Said Act, referred to in text, means , , 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.