16 U.S.C. § 528 — Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
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It is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of sections 528 to 531 of this title are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in [section 475 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section475&num=0&edition=prelim). Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to wildlife and fish on the national forests. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the use or administration of the mineral resources of national forest lands or to affect the use or administration of Federal lands not within national forests.
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It is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of sections 528 to 531 of this title are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in [section 475 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section475&num=0&edition=prelim). Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to wildlife and fish on the national forests. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the use or administration of the mineral resources of national forest lands or to affect the use or administration of Federal lands not within national forests.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 528. Development and administration of renew-
able surface resources for multiple use and
sustained yield of products and services;
Congressional declaration of policy and pur-
pose
It is the policy of the Congress that the na-
tional forests are established and shall be ad-
ministered for outdoor recreation, range, tim-
ber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes.
The purposes of sections 528 to 531 of this title
are declared to be supplemental to, but not in
derogation of, the purposes for which the na-
tional forests were established as set forth in
section 475 of this title. Nothing herein shall be
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or re-
sponsibilities of the several States with respect
to wildlife and fish on the national forests.
Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect
the use or administration of the mineral re-
sources of national forest lands or to affect the
use or administration of Federal lands not with-
in national forests.
(Pub. L. 86–517, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 215.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Section 5 of Pub. L. 86–517, as added Pub. L. 94–588,
§ 19, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962, provided that: ‘‘This Act
[enacting this section and sections 529 to 531 of this
title] may be cited as the ‘Multiple-Use Sustained-
Yield Act of 1960’.’’
PILOT PROGRAM OF CHARGES AND FEES FOR HARVEST
OF FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 339], Nov.
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–199, as amended by Pub. L.
108–108, title III, § 335, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1312; Pub.
L. 111–88, div. A, title IV, § 420, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat.
2960; Pub. L. 113–76, div. G, title IV, § 432, Jan. 17, 2014,
128 Stat. 345; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(11), Dec. 19, 2014, 128
Stat