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[CITE: 16USC497a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 497a. Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for 
        various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; 
        prohibitions; termination
        
    The Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with regulations 
prescribed by him, may permit the use and occupancy of national-forest 
lands in Alaska for purposes of residence, recreation, public 
convenience, education, industry, agriculture, and commerce, not 
incompatible with the best use and management of the national forests, 
for such periods as may be warranted but not exceeding thirty years and 
of such areas as may be necessary but not exceeding eighty acres, and 
after such permits have been issued and so long as they continue in full 
force and effect the lands therein described shall not be subject to 
location, entry, or appropriation, under the public land laws or mining 
laws, or to disposition under the mineral leasing laws: Provided, That 
nothing contained in this section shall prevent the said Secretary from 
canceling, revoking, or otherwise terminating a permit so issued upon 
proof of a breach of its terms and conditions or for other just cause.

(Mar. 30, 1948, ch. 162, 62 Stat. 100.)

                       References in Text

    The public land laws, referred to in text, are classified generally 
to Title 43, Public Lands.
    The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in text, 
are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 341 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions.
