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title: "16 U.S.C. § 505b"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 505b - Laws applicable
## Text
Any National Forest System lands which are transferred to a military department in accordance with this section and section 505a of this title shall be thereafter subject only to the laws applicable to other lands within the military installation or other public works project for which such lands are required and any lands which are transferred to the Department of Agriculture in accordance with this section and section 505a of this title shall become subject to the laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), as amended. Lands interchanged under the authority of this section and section 505a of this title shall be deemed to include interests in lands.
(July 26, 1956, ch. 736, § 2, 70 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 100409, § 7(a), (c), Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1091.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextAct of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.
Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100409 substituted “National Forest System lands” for “national forest lands” and inserted provision that lands interchanged under authority of this section and section 505a of this title be deemed to include interests in lands.