16 U.S.C. § 559b : US Code - Section 559B: Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances
Search 16 U.S.C. § 559b : US Code - Section 559B: Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances
(a) Purpose
The purpose of sections 559b to 559f of this title is to
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in sections
559b to 559f of this title referred to as the "Secretary") to take
actions necessary, in connection with the administration and use of
the National Forest System, to prevent the manufacture,
distribution, or dispensing of marijuana and other controlled
substances.
(b) Law enforcement authority
Nothing in sections 559b to 559f of this title shall diminish in
any way the law enforcement authority of the Forest Service.
(c) Definitions
As used in sections 559b to 559f of this title, the terms
"manufacture", "dispense", and "distribute" shall have the same
meaning given such terms in section 802 of title 21.
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