---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 590b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "590b"
heading: "Lands on which preventive measures may be taken"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/590b"
units:
  - "Chapter 3B — Soil Conservation"
---

# §590b. Lands on which preventive measures may be taken


The acts authorized in [section 590a(1)](/usc/16/590a.md?p=1) and (2) of this title may be performed—

- (a) On lands owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency having jurisdiction thereof; and
- (b) On any other lands, upon obtaining proper consent or the necessary rights or interests in such lands.

## Source credit

(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 2, 49 Stat. 163.)