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[CITE: 16USC505a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 505a. Interchange of lands between Department of 
        Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; 
        report to Congress
        
    The Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System 
lands and the Secretary of a military department with respect to lands 
under the control of the military department which lie within or 
adjacent to the exterior boundaries of a unit of the National Forest 
System are authorized, subject to any applicable provisions of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [40 
U.S.C. 471 et seq.], to interchange such lands, or any part thereof, 
without reimbursement or transfer of funds whenever they shall determine 
that such interchange will facilitate land management and will provide 
maximum use thereof for authorized purposes: Provided, That no such 
interchange of lands shall become effective until forty-five days 
(counting only days occurring during any regular or special session of 
the Congress) after the submission to the Congress by the respective 
Secretaries of notice of intention to make the interchange.

(July 26, 1956, ch. 736, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 100-409, 
Sec. 7(a), (b), Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1091.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 
377, as amended. Provisions of that act relating to management and 
disposal of Government property are classified to chapter 10 (Sec. 471 
et seq.) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 471 of Title 40 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-409 substituted ``National Forest System lands'' 
for ``national forest lands'' and ``a unit of the National Forest 
System'' for ``a national forest''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 505b of this title.
