---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 543a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "543a"
heading: "Extension of National Forest boundary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/543a"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Forests"
  - "Subchapter II — Scenic Areas"
---

# §543a. Extension of National Forest boundary

- (a) The exterior boundary of the Inyo National Forest is hereby extended to include the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) within the boundary of the [Scenic Area](/usc/16/544.md?p=o). Any lands and interests therein acquired pursuant to [section 543b of this title](/usc/16/543b.md) shall become part of the National Forest System.
- (b) For the purposes of [section 200306(a)(2) of title 54](/usc/54/200306.md?p=a-2), the boundary of the Inyo National Forest, as modified by this section, shall be treated as if it were the boundary of that forest on January 1, 1964.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–425, title III, § 302, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1633.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

In subsec. (b), “section 200306(a)(2) of title 54” substituted for “section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 4601–4 through 4601–11) [sic]” on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.