Organic Act of 1897

Organic Act of 1897
Other short titles	Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897
Long title	An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Pettigrew Amendment
Enacted by	the 54th United States Congress
Effective	June 4, 1897
Citations
Statutes at Large	30 Stat. 34-36
Codification
Acts amended	National Forest Management Act of 1976
U.S.C. sections created	16 U.S.C. §§ 473–478, §§ 479–482, § 551
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate (as amendment to appropriations bill) as Sundry Civil Appropriations Act of 1897 by Sen. Richard F. Pettigrew (D–SD) on 1897; Committee consideration by Conference committee (House–Senate reconciliation); Passed the Senate on 1897 ; Passed the House on 1897 ; Signed into law by President William McKinley on June 4, 1897;

The Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897 provided the main statutory basis for the management of forest reserves in the United States, hence the commonly used term "Organic Act". The legislation's formal title is the Sundry Civil Appropriations Act of 1897, which was signed into law on June 4, 1897, by President William McKinley.