16-U.S.C.-473
§473 – Revocation, Modification, Or Vacation of Orders Or Proclamations Establishing National Forests
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Title 16 > Chapter 2 > Subchapter I > Section 473
Details
- Reference: Section 473
- Legend: §473 – Revocation, Modification, Or Vacation of Orders Or Proclamations Establishing National Forests
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The President of the United States is authorized and empowered to revoke, modify, or suspend any and all Executive orders and proclamations or any part thereof issued under section 471 of this title, from time to time as he shall deem best for the public interests. By such modification he may reduce the area or change the boundary lines or may vacate altogether any order creating a national forest.
(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, §1, 30 Stat. 34, 36.)
References in Text
Section 471 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
Codification
The two sentences of this section are from provisions in section 1 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1898, act June 4, 1897.
The first sentence is a portion of the third paragraph and was prefaced by the words To remove any doubt which may exist pertaining to the authority of the President thereunto. Other provisions of the same paragraph have been omitted as temporary.
The second sentence is a portion of the seventh paragraph the whole of which reads as follows: The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve.
Short Title
Certain provisions of act June 4, 1897, ch. 2, 30 Stat. 34, under the headings under the department of the interior. and surveying the public lands., which enacted sections 473 to 478, 479 to 482, and 551 of this title, are popularly known as the Organic Administration Act.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
16-U.S.C.-472 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation
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16-U.S.C.-471A in the Legal Encyclopedia: National Forests
In this entry about 16-U.S.C.-471A, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to national forests in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States national forests-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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