16 U.S.C. § 552a : US Code - Section 552A: Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation

Search 16 U.S.C. § 552a : US Code - Section 552A: Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation

The President, upon recommendation of the Secretaries of the
Interior and Agriculture, may, by Executive order, when in his
judgment the public interest would best be served thereby and after
reasonable notice has been given through the Department of the
Interior, restore any reserved national-forest lands covered by a
cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture for the
protection of a watershed within a national forest from which water
is secured, to appropriation under any applicable public-lands law.