June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1 30 Stat. 35 June 9, 1900, ch. 804 31 Stat. 661 Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1 33 Stat. 628 June 30, 1906, ch. 3913 34 Stat. 684 Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 3 43 Stat. 1132 May 27, 1952, ch. 337 66 Stat. 95 section 472a of this titleSection, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , , authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from national forests. See .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Validation of Timber Sales Contracts
Pub. L. 94–588, § 1590 Stat. 2960
30 Stat. 35 16 U.S.C. 476 Timber sales made pursuant to the Act of (, as amended; ), prior to the date of enactment of this section [] shall not be invalid if the timber was sold in accord with Forest Service silvicultural practices and sales procedures in effect at the time of the sale, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
16 U.S.C. 1600 The Secretary of Agriculture is directed, in developing five-year operating plans under the provisions of existing fifty-year timber sales contracts in Alaska, to revise such contracts to make them consistent with the guidelines and standards provided for in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended [ et seq.], and to reflect such revisions in the contract price of timber. Any such action shall not be inconsistent with valid contract rights approved by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.”