16 U.S.C. § 715F
Section 715f · Consent of State to conveyance in fee
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case United States v. Carmack (1946)
Most recently applied in United States v. Johansen (August 1996)
No deed or instrument of conveyance in fee shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under this subchapter unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law to the acquisition by the United States of lands in that State.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–434 inserted “in fee” after “conveyance”.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 715a of this title.