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[CITE: 16USC582]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTIGATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, AND TESTS AFFECTING 
                    REFORESTATION AND FOREST PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 582. Puerto Rico; application of forest protection laws

    The provisions of sections 515, 564, 565,\1\ and 569 of this title 
are extended to the Territory of Puerto Rico, and the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the appropriate officials of 
Puerto Rico on the same terms and conditions as with the States: 
Provided, That not to exceed fifty thousand acres of land may be 
acquired in Puerto Rico under section 515 of this title.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 452, 46 Stat. 1516; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 
158.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 564 and 565 of this title, referred to in text, were 
repealed by Pub. L. 95-313, Sec. 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions.
