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Title 16—CONSERVATION > CHAPTER 23—NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM

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Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to be in interference with the purpose for which national forests are established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 ( 30 Stat. 11 ), and the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 ( 74 Stat. 215 ) [ 16 U.S.C. 528–531 ].

( Pub. L. 88–577, § 4 , Sept. 3, 1964 , 78 Stat. 893 ; Pub. L. 95–495, § 4(b) , Oct. 21, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1650 ; Pub. L. 102–154, title I , Nov. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1000 ; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b) , May 18, 1992 , 106 Stat. 172 ; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(21) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3266 .)

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