Title 16 of the United States Code

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rdf:langString Title 16 of the United States Code outlines the role of conservation in the United States Code. * ch. 1—National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores (the "National Park Service Organic Act") * ch. 1A—Historic Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities * ch. 1B—Archaeological Resources Protection * ch. 2—National Forests * ch. 3—Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management * ch. 3A—Unemployment Relief Through Performance of Useful Public Work * ch. 3B—Soil Conservation * ch. 3C—Water Conservation * ch. 4— * This chapter codifies the Forest Pest Control Act, the Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act, the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990, the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendment Act of 1993, and the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1997. * Sections 604 to 606 codify the Act of 3 June 1878, ch. 150, 20 Stat. 88, popularly called the Mineral Land Free Timber Act, or the Nonsale Disposals Act of 1878, and also called the Timber Cutting Act. * Sections 614 and 615 of this chapter formerly codified the Act of 4 March 1913, ch. 165, 37 Stat. 1015, commonly called the Burnt Timber Act. This Act "authorized the Secretary of the Interior to sell from the public lands timber which had been killed or damaged by fire". The Bill for this Act was H.R. 24266. This Act was amended by the Act of 3 July 1926, ch. 779, 44 Stat. 890. The Burnt Timber Act is no longer in force, having been repealed on 25 September 1962 by section 2 of , subject to the saving in that section. There was previously a Burnt Timber Act of 19 January 1895 (28 Stat. 634). * ch. 5—Protection of Fur Seals and Other Fur-Bearing Animals * ch. 5A—Protection and Conservation of Wildlife * ch. 5B—Wildlife Restoration * ch. 5C—Conservation Programs on Government Lands * ch. 6—Game and Bird Preserves; Protection * ch. 7—Protection of Migratory Game and Insectivorous Birds * ch. 8—Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge * ch. 9—Fish and Wildlife Service * ch. 9A—Preservation of Fishery Resources * ch. 10— Fishing * ch. 10A—Sockeye or Pink Salmon Fishing * ch. 10B— * ch. 10C— * ch. 10D— * ch. 11—Regulation of Landing, Curing, and Sale of Sponges Taken From Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida * ch. 12—Federal Regulation and Development of Power * ch. 12A—Tennessee Valley Authority * ch. 12B— * ch. 12C— * ch. 12D— * ch. 12E— * ch. 12F—; Reciprocal Priority in Other Regions * ch. 12G— * ch. 12H— * ch. 13—Regulation of Transportation in Interstate or Foreign Commerce of Black Bass and Other Fish * ch. 14—Regulation of Whaling * ch. 14A—Whale Conservation and Protection * ch. 15—Predatory Sea Lampreys in the Great Lakes * ch. 15A— * ch. 15B— * ch. 15C— * ch. 16— * ch. 16A— * ch. 16B— * ch. 16C— * ch. 17— * ch. 18—Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention * ch. 19— * ch. 20— * ch. 21—Prohibition of Foreign Fishing Vessels in the – * ch. 21A— Contiguous to * ch. 21B—Prohibition of Certain Foreign Fishing Vessels in * ch. 21C— * ch. 22—International Parks * ch. 23—National Wilderness Preservation System * ch. 24— * ch. 25—Jellyfish or Sea nettles, Other Such Pests, and Seaweed in Coastal Waters: Control or Elimination * ch. 25A—Crown of Thorns Starfish * ch. 25B— * ch. 26— * ch. 27—National Trails System * ch. 27A— * ch. 28—Wild and Scenic Rivers * ch. 29—Water Bank Program for Wetlands Preservation * ch. 30—Wild Horses and Burros: Protection, Management, and Control * ch. 31—Marine Mammal Protection * ch. 32— * ch. 32A— * ch. 33—Coastal Zone Management * ch. 34—Rural Environmental Conservation Program * ch. 35—Endangered Species * ch. 36—Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning * ch. 37—Youth Conservation Corps and * ch. 38—Fishery Conservation And Management * ch. 39— * ch. 40—Soil and Water Resources Conservation * ch. 41— * ch. 42—Emergency Conservation Program * ch. 43—Public Transportation Programs for National Park System Areas * ch. 44— * ch. 44A— * ch. 44B— * ch. 45— * ch. 46—Public Utility Regulatory Policies * ch. 47— * ch. 48— * ch. 49— * ch. 50— * ch. 51— * ch. 52—Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement * ch. 53—Control of Illegally Taken Fish And Wildlife * ch. 54—Resource Conservation * ch. 55— Resources * ch. 56— Fishing * ch. 56A—Pacific Salmon Fishing * ch. 57—National Fish and Wildlife Foundation * ch. 57A— * ch. 58— * ch. 59—Wetlands Resources * ch. 59A—Wetlands * ch. 60— * ch. 61— * ch. 62— * ch. 62A— * ch. 63— * ch. 64—North American Wetlands Conservation * ch. 65— * ch. 66—Take Pride in America Program * ch. 67— * ch. 68— * ch. 69— * ch. 70— * ch. 71— * ch. 71A— * ch. 72— * ch. 73— * ch. 74— * ch. 75— * ch. 76— * ch. 77— * ch. 78—National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation * ch. 79— * ch. 80— * ch. 81—User Fees Under Forest System Recreation Residence Program * ch. 81A— * ch. 82— * ch. 83— * ch. 84—Healthy Forest Restoration * ch. 85— * ch. 86— * ch. 87—