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[CITE: 16USC555a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 555a. Exchange of lands

    Where lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service have been 
acquired and are being administered under laws which contain no 
provision for their exchange, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey 
such lands and in exchange therefor may accept on behalf of the United 
States title to any lands which in his opinion are suitable for use in 
connection with activities of the Forest Service. The value of the lands 
so conveyed by the Secretary of Agriculture shall not exceed the value 
of the lands accepted by him.

(Pub. L. 87-869, Sec. 1, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)