16 USC 481: Use of waters
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16 USC 481: Use of waters Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 2-NATIONAL FORESTSSUBCHAPTER I-ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
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§481. Use of waters

All waters within the boundaries of national forests may be used for domestic, mining, milling, or irrigation purposes, under the laws of the State wherein such national forests are situated, or under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations established thereunder.

(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, §1, 30 Stat. 36 .)

Codification

"National forests" substituted in text for "reservations" and "forest reservations" on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269 , which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 478, 482, 551 of this title.