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[CITE: 16USC521d]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 521d. Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest 
        System land
        
    The Secretary is authorized, when the Secretary determines it to be 
in the public interest--
        (1) to sell, exchange, or interchange by quitclaim deed, all 
    right, title, and interest, including the mineral estate, of the 
    United States in and to National Forest System lands described in 
    section 521e of this title; and
        (2) to accept as consideration for the lands sold, exchanged, or 
    interchanged other lands, interests in lands, or cash payment, or 
    any combination of such forms of consideration, which, in the case 
    of conveyance by sale or exchange, is at least equal in value, 
    including the mineral estate, or, in the case of conveyance by 
    interchange, is of approximately equal value, including the mineral 
    estate, to the lands being conveyed by the Secretary. The Secretary 
    shall insert in any such quitclaim deed such terms, convenants,\1\ 
    conditions, and reservations as the Secretary deems necessary to 
    ensure protection of the public interest, including protection of 
    the scenic, wildlife, and recreation values of the National Forest 
    System and provision for appropriate public access to and use of 
    lands within the System. The preceding sentence shall not be 
    applicable to deeds issued by the Secretary to lands outside the 
    boundary of units of the National Forest System.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``covenants,''.
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(Pub. L. 97-465, Sec. 2, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 698v-7 of this title.
