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LegalText 16 U.S.C. § 492 Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska us united_states_code code_section 16 CONSERVATION 2 NATIONAL FORESTS 492 16 U.S.C. § 492 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip /us/usc/t16/s492 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml b5250c53e16ea0d5b6be3b52f3d36fdff3bab5f128ecb0a5db202536ab062b33 7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503 71f80c777b16ecb37f13deeb8716b45ff94b599b82999fe6032b7b5786995cb0 2026-07-04 official
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16 U.S.C. § 492 - Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska

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On and after March 4, 1915 the Secretary of Agriculture, under regulations to be prescribed by him, is authorized to permit the Navy Department to take from the national forests such earth, stone, and timber for the use of the Navy as may be compatible with the administration of the national forests for the purposes for which they are established, and also in the same manner to permit the taking of earth, stone, and timber from the national forests for the construction of Government railways and other Government works in Alaska. He is authorized also to permit the Department of the Army to take earth, stone, and timber from the national forests for use in the construction of river and harbor and other works in charge of that department, subject to such regulations and restrictions as he may prescribe.

(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 144, 38 Stat. 1100; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 13, 43 Stat. 1197; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(98), 45 Stat. 993; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification The first sentence of this section is from act Mar. 4, 1915, and the last sentence is from act Mar. 3, 1925.

Amendments1928—Act May 29, 1928, struck out provision which required the Secretary of Agriculture to submit with his annual estimates a report of the quantity and market value of earth, stone, and timber furnished.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.