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+description: "Protection of national forests; rules and regulations"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 551 - Protection of national forests; rules and regulations
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture shall make provisions for the protection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the public forests and national forests which may have been set aside or which may be hereafter set aside under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction; and any violation of the provisions of this section, sections 473 to 478 and 479 to 482 of this title or such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate judge specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401(b) to (e) of title 18.
+
+(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 35; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 87–869, § 6, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 88–537, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSection 471 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to act Mar. 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103, and was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
+
+Codification “National forests” substituted in text for “forest reservations” on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
+
+Amendments1964—Pub. L. 88–537 provided that persons charged with violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States commissioner specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner as in section 3401(b) to (e) of title 18. 1962—Pub. L. 87–869 substituted “by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both” for “as is provided for in section 104 of title 18”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Change of Name “United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously, “United States magistrate” substituted for “United States commissioner” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
+
+Short Title of 2016 AmendmentPub. L. 114–275, § 1, Dec. 14, 2016, 130 Stat. 1405, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 551c–1 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 551c–1 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016’.”
+
+Short Title of 1990 AmendmentPub. L. 101–286, § 1, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 171, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 551b and 551c of this title, amending sections 18i and 558c of this title and section 1737 of Title 43, Public Lands, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 551b of this title] may be cited as the ‘Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989’.”
+
+Repeal; Savings ProvisionSection repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
+
+Transfer of Functions Act Feb. 1, 1905, transferred certain functions with regard to administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Agriculture.
+
+National Commission on Wildfire DisastersPub. L. 101–286, title I, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 171, established a National Commission on Wildfire Disasters to study the effects of disastrous wildfires, resulting from natural or other causes, and to make recommendations concerning steps necessary for smooth and timely transition from loss of natural resources due to such fires, directed the Commission to make findings and develop recommendations for consideration by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior with respect to future management of National Forest System lands, national parks, Bureau of Land Management public lands, and community redevelopment activities and programs, directed the Commission to submit to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, not later than Dec. 1, 1991, a report containing its findings and recommendations, directed the Secretaries to submit the report to specific committees of Congress, and provided for the Commission to cease 90 days after submission of the report.
+
+Existing Rights-of-WayProvisions of section 706(a) of Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, except as pertaining to rights-of-way, not to be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under this section, see note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
+
+Executive Documents
+
+Transfer of Functions Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with provisions of sections 473, 474 to 482, and 551 of this title with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, §§ 102(f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.
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+description: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States and political subdivisions in law enforcement"
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 551a - Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States and political subdivisions in law enforcement
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture, in connection with the administration and regulation of the use and occupancy of the national forests and national grasslands, is authorized to cooperate with any State or political subdivision thereof, on lands which are within or part of any unit of the national forest system, in the enforcement or supervision of the laws or ordinances of a State or subdivision thereof. Such cooperation may include the reimbursement of a State or its subdivision for expenditures incurred in connection with activities on national forest system lands. This section shall not deprive any State or political subdivision thereof of its right to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction, within or on lands which are a part of the national forest system.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–82, Aug. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 303.)
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 551b - Omitted
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section, Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 202, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 174, which required the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, for areas under their respective jurisdictions, to submit annual reports to Congress on rehabilitation needs resulting from disastrous forest fire damage, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, pages 47 and 108 of House Document No. 103–7.
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+description: "Limitations on prescribed burns"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 551c–1 - Limitations on prescribed burns
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall not authorize a prescribed burn on Forest Service land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the land is located, the national fire danger rating system indicates an extreme fire danger level.
+
+(b) Exception The Secretary may authorize a prescribed burn under a condition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary coordinates with the applicable State government and local fire officials.
+
+(c) Report At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing—
+
+(1) the number and locations of prescribed burns during that fiscal year; and
+
+(2) each prescribed burn during that fiscal year that was authorized by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).
+
+(Pub. L. 114–275, § 3, Dec. 14, 2016, 130 Stat. 1405.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Definitions Pub. L. 114–275, § 2, Dec. 14, 2016, 130 Stat. 1405, provided that: “In this Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under section 551 of this title]: “(1) National fire danger rating system.—The term ‘national fire danger rating system’ means the national system used to provide a measure of fire danger according to a range of low to moderate to high to very high to extreme. “(2) Prescribed burn.—The term ‘prescribed burn’ means a planned fire intentionally ignited. “(3) Secretary.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.”
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 551c - Planning for fire protection
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Volunteer firefighters The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall annually offer training programs to certify volunteers for suppressing forest fires on National Forest System lands, National Park System lands and Bureau of Land Management public lands in the event that the appropriate Secretary determines that such volunteers are needed. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretaries should utilize existing authorities to train volunteer firefighters for use in fire emergencies. The Secretaries should assess the capabilities of educational institutions and other public and private organizations to provide such training programs.
+
+(b) “Educational institutions” defined For the purposes of this section, the term “educational institutions” shall include institutions established pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq., commonly known as the “Morrill Act”), or the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq., commonly known as the “Second Morrill Act”).
+
+(c) Mobilization of local equipment Not later than one year after May 9, 1990—
+
+(1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress information with respect to regions of the National Forest System, and
+
+(2) the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Congress information with respect to the Bureau of Land Management public lands on a State-by-State basis and each region of the National Park System
+
+that documents mobilization plans that provide for the use of firefighting equipment in cases of fire emergencies that may occur in each such area that may be highly prone to disastrous forest fires.
+
+(d) Presuppression needs Not later than one year after May 9, 1990, information from the Secretary of Agriculture on presuppression needs for each region of the National Forest System and information from the Secretary of the Interior on the presuppression needs for each region of the National Park System and for each State unit of the Bureau of Land Management shall be submitted to Congress. These reports shall include needs, including an estimate of the funds required, for fire prevention, fuel reduction, training and seasonal fire crews.
+
+(Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 203, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 175.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextAct of July 2, 1862, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 2, 1862, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503, popularly known as the Morrill Act and also as the First Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 301 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 301 of Title 7 and Tables. Act of August 30, 1890, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 321 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 7. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 321 of Title 7 and Tables.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Forest Service Large Airtanker and Aerial Asset Firefighting Recapitalization Pilot ProgramPub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8305, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 925, provided that: “(a) In General.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary [of Agriculture], acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may establish a large airtanker and aerial asset lease program in accordance with this section. “(b) Aircraft Requirements.—In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into a multiyear lease contract for up to 5 aircraft that meet the criteria—“(1) described in the Forest Service document entitled ‘Large Airtanker Modernization Strategy’ and dated February 10, 2012, for large airtankers; and “(2) determined by the Secretary, for other aerial assets. “(c) Lease Terms.—The term of any individual lease agreement into which the Secretary enters under this section shall be—“(1) up to 5 years, inclusive of any options to renew or extend the initial lease term; and “(2) in accordance with section 3903 of title 41, United States Code. “(d) Prohibition.—No lease entered into under this section shall provide for the purchase of the aircraft by, or the transfer of ownership to, the Forest Service.”
+
+Forest Firefighting Planning and Cooperation; FindingsPub. L. 101–286, title II, § 201, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 174, provided that: “The Congress finds that— “(1) it is in the best interest of the Nation to take swift action to rehabilitate burned forests, and an assessment of the situation is necessary to accomplish this; and “(2) volunteers should be trained to assist where possible.”
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 551d - Wildland firefighter safety
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Definitions In this section:
+
+(1) Secretaries The term “Secretaries” means—
+
+(A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and
+
+(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
+
+(2) Wildland firefighter The term “wildland firefighter” means any person who participates in wildland firefighting activities—
+
+(A) under the direction of either of the Secretaries; or
+
+(B) under a contract or compact with a federally recognized Indian tribe.
+
+(b) Annual report to Congress (1) In general The Secretaries shall jointly submit to Congress an annual report on the wildland firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use, during the preceding calendar year.
+
+(2) Timeline Each report under paragraph (1) shall—
+
+(A) be submitted by not later than March of the year following the calendar year covered by the report; and
+
+(B) include—
+
+(i) a description of, and any changes to, wildland firefighter safety practices, including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use;
+
+(ii) statistics and trend analyses;
+
+(iii) an estimate of the amount of Federal funds expended by the Secretaries on wildland firefighter safety practices, including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use;
+
+(iv) progress made in implementing recommendations from the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or an agency report relating to a wildland firefighting fatality issued during the preceding 10 years; and
+
+(v) a description of—
+
+(I) the provisions relating to wildland firefighter safety practices in any Federal contract or other agreement governing the provision of wildland firefighters by a non-Federal entity;
+
+(II) a summary of any actions taken by the Secretaries to ensure that the provisions relating to safety practices, including training, are complied with by the non-Federal entity; and
+
+(III) the results of those actions.
+
+(Pub. L. 111–11, title III, § 3101, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1127.)
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 552"
+description: "Consent to agreement by States for conservation of forests and water supply"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 552 - Consent to agreement by States for conservation of forests and water supply
+
+## Text
+
+Consent of the Congress of the United States is given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact.
+
+(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 1, 36 Stat. 961.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitleAct Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, which enacted this section, former sections 513 and 514 of this title, and sections 515 to 519, 521, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title, is popularly known as the Weeks Law.
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+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "552a"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 552a"
+status: "current"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 552a - Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation
+
+## Text
+
+The President, upon recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, may, by Executive order, when in his judgment the public interest would best be served thereby and after reasonable notice has been given through the Department of the Interior, restore any reserved national-forest lands covered by a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of a watershed within a national forest from which water is secured, to appropriation under any applicable public-lands law.
+
+(May 28, 1940, ch. 220, § 1, 54 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification The words “restore any of the lands so withdrawn” have been changed to “restore any reserved national-forest lands covered by a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of a watershed within a national forest from which water is secured” to reflect the change made by Pub. L. 94–579. See 1976 Amendment note below.
+
+Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94–579 struck out everything preceding second proviso which read: “Whenever a municipality obtains its water supply from a national forest and has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection of the watershed within the national forest from which the water is secured, the President of the United States may, and he is, authorized, upon application by said municipality, and endorsed by the governing board of the county or counties in which the lands concerned are located and approved by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, to reserve and set aside from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation any national-forest lands, which are covered by such cooperative agreement, subject, however, to valid, existing rights and claims, and such reservation shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by an Act of Congress: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect the power of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw and utilize withdrawn lands under the Federal reclamation laws”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 1976 AmendmentSection 704(a) of Pub. L. 94–579 provided in part that this section is amended effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
+
+Savings ProvisionAmendment by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 552b - Administration of withdrawn lands; rules and regulations
+
+## Text
+
+Lands withdrawn under the provisions of sections 552a to 552d of this title shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture under such agreements for the protection of the watershed as he may make with the municipality concerned, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in addition to the rules and regulations adopted for the administration of the national forests, to adopt and prescribe such further rules and regulations as he considers necessary to effect the adequate protection of the watershed, including a rule or regulation forbidding persons other than forest officers and representatives of the municipality from going on the lands so reserved or making any use whatever thereof.
+
+(May 28, 1940, ch. 220, § 2, 54 Stat. 224.)
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 552c - Reimbursement of United States for loss of revenue
+
+## Text
+
+Whenever national-forest lands are withdrawn under sections 552a to 552d of this title, and the municipality concerned objects to the utilization of the timber or other resources of lands withdrawn, and the Secretary of Agriculture agrees to withhold such resources from utilization, said municipality shall pay to the Forest Service annually an amount which the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine is necessary to reimburse the United States for the loss of net annual revenues which would be derived from the resources so withheld from disposition.
+
+(May 28, 1940, ch. 220, § 3, 54 Stat. 225.)
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 552d - Punishment of violations of regulations
+
+## Text
+
+Any violation of the regulations issued under sections 552a to 552d of this title shall be punished as is provided in section 1853 of title 18.
+
+(May 28, 1940, ch. 220, § 4, 54 Stat. 225.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification “Section 1853 of title 18” substituted in text for “section 104 of title 18” on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 553 - Duties of officials of Forest Service; stock laws; protection of fish and game
+
+## Text
+
+Officials of the Forest Service designated by the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the enforcement of the laws of the States or Territories with regard to stock, for the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires, and for the protection of fish and game, and with respect to national forests, shall aid the other Federal bureaus and departments on request from them, in the performance of the duties imposed on them by law.
+
+(May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Executive Documents
+
+Transfer of Functions Functions of Secretary of Agriculture, administered through Bureau of Biological Survey, relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds, transferred to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 553a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 655
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, acts June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 337; Oct. 15, 1949, ch. 695, § 6(a), 63 Stat. 881, prescribed salary of Chief Forester. See section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 554 - Forest supervisors and rangers
+
+## Text
+
+Forest supervisors and rangers shall be selected, when practicable, from qualified citizens of the States or Territories in which the national forests, respectively, are situated.
+
+(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 3, 33 Stat. 628.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification “National forests” substituted in text for “reserves” on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 554a - Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations
+
+## Text
+
+Forest inspectors, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and fire patrol are to be hereafter appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations.
+
+(July 7, 1898, ch. 571, § 1, 30 Stat. 673; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Transfer of Functions Act Feb. 1, 1905, transferred certain functions with regard to the administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Agriculture.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 554b - Medical care for employees engaged in hazardous work; notification and transportation of employees
+
+## Text
+
+Appropriations for the Forest Service shall be available for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service, and for expenses of notifying employees of the death or serious illness of close relatives and, in such cases where no public transportation is available, for transporting the employees to a point where public transportation is available.
+
+(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 202, 58 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 85–464, § 4, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
+
+Amendments1958—Pub. L. 85–464 made appropriations available for expenses of notifying employees of the death or serious illness of close relatives, and for transportation of employees.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 554c - Care of employees’ graves
+
+## Text
+
+Appropriations for the Forest Service shall be available within such limitations as may be prescribed therein for the expenses of properly caring for the graves of persons who have lost their lives as a result of fighting fires while employed by the Forest Service.
+
+(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 206, 58 Stat. 736.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 554d - Recreation facilities for employees of Forest Service and their immediate families
+
+## Text
+
+Not to exceed $100,000 annually of funds available to the Forest Service may be expended for providing recreation facilities, equipment, and services for use by employees of the Service located at isolated situations and, where deemed to be in the public interest, by members of the immediate families of such employees.
+
+(Pub. L. 87–869, § 3, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1944.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1990—Pub. L. 101–512 substituted “$100,000” for “$35,000”.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 554e - Employment of workers for emergencies
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after October 21, 1998, the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title II], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–273.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 105–83, title II, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1577. Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title II], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–208. Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title II], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–185; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. Pub. L. 103–332, title II, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2524. Pub. L. 103–138, title II, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1404. Pub. L. 102–381, title II, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1402. Pub. L. 102–154, title II, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1019. Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1944.
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+description: "Forest headquarters, ranger stations, dwellings, or other needed sites"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 555 - Forest headquarters, ranger stations, dwellings, or other needed sites
+
+## Text
+
+Where no suitable Government land is available for national forest headquarters, ranger stations, dwellings, or for other sites required for the effective conduct of the authorized activities of the Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase such lands out of the appropriation applicable to the purpose for which the land is to be used, and to accept donations of land for any national forest or experimental purpose: Provided, That such lands may be acquired subject to such reservations and outstanding interests as the Secretary determines will not interfere with the purpose for which acquired: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 may be expended in any one fiscal year pursuant to this authority.
+
+(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 5, 43 Stat. 1133; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 13, 64 Stat. 86; Pub. L. 85–464, § 9, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 218.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1958—Pub. L. 85–464 substituted “$50,000” for “$25,000”. 1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, applied section to dwellings or other needed sites and inserted provisos.
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+description: "Exchange of lands"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 555a - Exchange of lands
+
+## Text
+
+Where lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service have been acquired and are being administered under laws which contain no provision for their exchange, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey such lands and in exchange therefor may accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands which in his opinion are suitable for use in connection with activities of the Forest Service. The value of the lands so conveyed by the Secretary of Agriculture shall not exceed the value of the lands accepted by him.
+
+(Pub. L. 87–869, § 1, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)
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+description: "Street improvements; availability of Forest Service funds"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 555b - Street improvements; availability of Forest Service funds
+
+## Text
+
+Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for expenses of, or payment of assessment for, construction of sidewalks, curbs, or street paving along the boundary of Government-owned residential or otherwise improved lots.
+
+(Pub. L. 87–869, § 9, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)
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+description: "Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication of newspaper or magazine articles"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556 - Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication of newspaper or magazine articles
+
+## Text
+
+No part of any funds appropriated for the Forest Service shall be used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and objects specified and authorized by law; nor shall any such funds be paid or used for the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this shall not prevent the giving out to all persons, without discrimination, including newspapers and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or official information of value to the public: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to scientific or technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.
+
+(May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 85–464, § 8, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 218.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1958—Pub. L. 85–464 made prohibition inapplicable to scientific or technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556a - Omitted
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section, acts June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, § 203, 69 Stat. 156; June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title II, § 202, 70 Stat. 270, which related to expenditures for options to purchase lands from appropriations made for the Forest Service, was superseded by section 2268a of Title 7, Agriculture.
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+description: "Use of appropriations for expenses of transporting automobiles of employees between points in Alaska"
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+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556b - Use of appropriations for expenses of transporting automobiles of employees between points in Alaska
+
+## Text
+
+Funds available to the Forest Service may be used, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture for expenses of transporting automobiles of employees of that Service between points in Alaska in connection with transfers of official stations of such employees to meet the needs of the Service.
+
+(Pub. L. 85–464, § 3, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 556c"
+description: "Reimbursement of employees for property losses resulting from fires, floods, or other casualties"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 556c"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556c - Reimbursement of employees for property losses resulting from fires, floods, or other casualties
+
+## Text
+
+Funds available to the Forest Service may be used in amounts not exceeding $100 in any single claim, for reimbursing employees of the Forest Service for loss of or damage to clothing and other personal effects resulting from fires, floods, or other casualties at or near the place in which such property is temporarily stored during services of the employees in connection with such casualties.
+
+(Pub. L. 85–464, § 2, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 556d"
+description: "Advances of public moneys to Forest Service for fighting forest fires in emergency cases"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 556d"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556d - Advances of public moneys to Forest Service for fighting forest fires in emergency cases
+
+## Text
+
+Advances of money under any appropriation for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service and by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties for fighting forest fires in emergency cases and detailed accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the Department of Agriculture to the Government Accountability Office.
+
+(May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 231(v), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 211; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1909, act May 23, 1908. Section was formerly classified to section 534 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
+
+Amendments1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required chiefs of field parties to give bonds.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Transfer of Functions “Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “Treasury Department” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties conferred upon Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other officers of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556e - Emergency appropriations for rehabilitation and wildfire suppression
+
+## Text
+
+Beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, only amounts for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities that are in excess of the average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be considered “emergency requirements” pursuant to section 901(b)(2)(D) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 2, and such amounts shall on and after November 13, 1991, be so designated.
+
+(Pub. L. 102–154, title II, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1015.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSection 901 of title 2, referred to in text, was amended, and as so amended, section 901(b)(2)(D) no longer refers to “emergency requirements”. However, “emergency requirements” are referred to elsewhere in section 901.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556f - Expenses of student interns
+
+## Text
+
+On and after October 5, 1992, funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service may be used to pay transportation, lodging, and subsistence expenses of student interns, defined as employees who assist scientific, professional, or technical employees and who are bona fide students of accredited colleges or universities who are pursuing courses related to the field in which employed.
+
+(Pub. L. 102–381, title II, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1403.)
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556g - Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, may be used to reimburse employees for the cost of State licenses and certification fees pursuant to their employment and that are necessary to comply with State or Federal laws, regulations, or requirements.
+
+(Pub. L. 102–381, title III, § 317, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1417.)
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 556h"
+description: "Recognition of private contributors to Forest Service programs"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "556h"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 556h"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556h - Recognition of private contributors to Forest Service programs
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after October 21, 1998, any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to disseminate program information to private and public individuals and organizations through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur necessary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and organizations that make contributions to Forest Service programs.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title II], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–272.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 105–83, title II, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1576. Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title II], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–208. Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title II], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–184; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. Pub. L. 103–332, title II, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2524. Pub. L. 103–138, title II, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1403. Pub. L. 102–381, title II, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1401. Pub. L. 102–154, title II, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1017. Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1942. Pub. L. 101–121, title II, Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 726.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 556i"
+description: "Transfer of funds made available to Forest Service"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "556i"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 556i"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 556i - Transfer of funds made available to Forest Service
+
+## Text
+
+None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 2257 of title 7, section 7772 of title 7, or section 8316(b) of title 7.
+
+(Pub. L. 119–74, div. C, title III, Jan. 23, 2026, 140 Stat. 143.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 118–42, div. E, title III, Mar. 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 270. Pub. L. 117–328, div. G, title III, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4806. Pub. L. 117–103, div. G, title III, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 396. Pub. L. 116–260, div. G, title III, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1522. Pub. L. 116–94, div. D, title III, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2729. Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title III, Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 246. Pub. L. 115–141, div. G, title III, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 674. Pub. L. 115–31, div. G, title III, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 482. Pub. L. 114–113, div. G, title III, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2563. Pub. L. 113–235, div. F, title III, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2432. Pub. L. 113–76, div. G, title III, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 326. Pub. L. 112–74, div. E, title III, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1025. Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title III, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2944. Pub. L. 111–8, div. E, title III, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 733. Pub. L. 110–161, div. F, title III, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2133.
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+description: "Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 557"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 557 - Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to furnish subsistence to employees of the Forest Service, to purchase personal equipment and supplies for them, and to make deductions therefor from moneys appropriated for salary payments or otherwise due such employees. He is also authorized, in his discretion, to provide out of moneys appropriated for the general expenses of the Forest Service medical attention for employees of the Forest Service located at isolated situations, including the moving of such employees to hospitals or other places where medical assistance is available, and in case of death to remove the bodies of deceased employees to the nearest place where they can be prepared for shipment or for burial: Provided, That when a transient without permanent residence, or any other person while away from his place of residence, is temporarily employed by the Forest Service and while so employed becomes disabled because of injury or illness not attributable to official work, he may be provided hospitalization and other necessary medical care, subsistence, and lodging for a period of not to exceed fifteen days during such disability, the cost thereof to be payable from any funds available to the Forest Service applicable to the work for which such person is employed.
+
+(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, §§ 4, 6, 43 Stat. 1133; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 15, 64 Stat. 86.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, inserted proviso to provide medical care for temporary employees.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 557a"
+description: "Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "557a"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 557a"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 557a - Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is hereafter authorized, in connection with the administration of the national forests, to enter into contracts for the procurement of services, materials, and supplies for the ensuing fiscal year, prior to the passage of an appropriation therefor: Provided, That such contracts shall aliquot the cost for such service by fiscal years and shall not be binding on the United States as to that part for the ensuing year unless and until an appropriation applicable to the payment thereof is made: And provided further, That all such contracts shall by their terms provide that the obligation of the United States is contingent upon the passage of an applicable appropriation and that no payment thereunder will be made until such appropriation becomes available for expenditure.
+
+(June 30, 1932, ch. 331, 47 Stat. 473.)
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 557b"
+description: "Omitted"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "557b"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 557b"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 557b - Omitted
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section, act June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, § 202, 69 Stat. 156, which related to employment of aliens in the Forest Service, was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956, and was not repeated in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957 (approved June 13, 1956, ch. 380, 70 Stat. 257), or subsequent appropriation acts.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 558"
+description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1[part], 37 Stat. 843, related to leaves of absence to employees of Forest Service in Alaska.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 558a"
+description: "Purpose"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558a"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558a - Purpose
+
+## Text
+
+The purpose of this Act is to leverage volunteer engagement to supplement projects that are carried out by the Secretaries to fulfill the missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and are accomplished with appropriated funds.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 2, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted this section and sections 558b to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
+
+Codification The Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, enacting this section and sections 558b to 558g of this title, was orignally enacted as Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972, which enacted former sections 558a to 558d of this title. Pub. L. 92–300 was amended by Pub. L. 95–289, § 1, June 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 289; Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 204(a), May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 921; Pub. L. 114–245, § 4(d)(1), Nov. 28, 2016, 130 Stat. 992. Pub. L. 92–300 was subsequently amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, including an amendment to provide that the Act be cited as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act. Pub. L. 92–300 is shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 118–234 without reference to those intervening amendments because of the extensive revision of Pub. L. 92–300 by Pub. L. 118–234.
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 558a, Pub. L. 92–300, § 1, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147; Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 921, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to recruit, train, and accept volunteers in the National Forests Program, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234. A prior section 2 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was classified to section 558b of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitlePub. L. 92–300, § 1, as added by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 558b to 558g of this title] may be cited as the ‘Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act’.” [For prior section 1 of Pub. L. 92–300, see Prior Provisions note above.] Pub. L. 92–300, § 5, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, provided that Pub. L. 92–300, which enacted former sections 558a to 558d of this title, could be cited as the “Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972”, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 92–300 by Pub. L. 118–234.
+
+Reference to Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 342, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2914, provided that: “Any reference to the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Land[s] Act [see Short Title note above].”
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558b - Definition of Secretaries
+
+## Text
+
+In this Act, the term “Secretaries” means each of—
+
+(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
+
+(2) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 3, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted sections 558a to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 558b, Pub. L. 92–300, § 2, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, authorized the Secretary to provide for incidental expenses to program volunteers, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234. A prior section 3 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was classified to section 558c of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "558c"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558c"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558c - Authorization
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretaries are authorized to recruit, train, and accept without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations the services of individuals without compensation as volunteers for or in aid of recreation access, trail construction or maintenance, facility construction or maintenance, educational uses (including outdoor classroom construction or maintenance), interpretive functions, visitor services, conservation measures and development, or other activities in and related to areas administered by the Secretaries. In carrying out this section, the Secretaries shall consider referrals of prospective volunteers made by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 4, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 558c, Pub. L. 92–300, § 3, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147; Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 204(a), May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 114–245, § 4(d)(1), Nov. 28, 2016, 130 Stat. 992, related to employment status of volunteers, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234. A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was classified to section 558d of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 558d"
+description: "Incidental expenses"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "558d"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558d"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558d - Incidental expenses
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretaries are authorized to provide for incidental expenses, such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, training, equipment, and subsistence.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 5, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 558d, Pub. L. 92–300, § 4, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147; Pub. L. 95–289, § 1, June 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 289, authorized appropriations for former sections 558a to 558d of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234. A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was set out as a Short Title note under section 558a of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 558e"
+description: "Consideration as Federal employee"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558e"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558e - Consideration as Federal employee
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a volunteer shall not be deemed a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits.
+
+(b) For the purpose of the tort claim provisions of title 28, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee.
+
+(c) For the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers under this Act shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee” as defined in section 8101 of title 5, and the provisions of that subchapter shall apply.
+
+(d) For the purposes of claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee, and the provisions of section 3721 of title 31 shall apply.
+
+(e) For the purposes of subsections (b), (c), and (d), the term “volunteer” includes a person providing volunteer services to either of the Secretaries who—
+
+(1) is recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator under a mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries; and
+
+(2) performs such volunteer services under the supervision of the cooperator as directed by either of the Secretaries in the mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement in the mutual benefit agreement, including direction that specifies—
+
+(A) the volunteer services, including the geographic boundaries of the work to be performed by the volunteers, and the supervision to be provided by the cooperator;
+
+(B) the applicable project safety standards and protocols to be adhered to by the volunteers and enforced by the cooperator;
+
+(C) the on-site visits to be made by either of the Secretaries, if feasible and only if necessary to verify that volunteers are performing the volunteer services and the cooperator is providing the supervision agreed upon;
+
+(D) the equipment the volunteers are authorized to use;
+
+(E) the training the volunteers are required to complete;
+
+(F) the actions the volunteers are authorized to take; and
+
+(G) any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary by the applicable Secretary.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 6, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted sections 558a to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.
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+description: "Promotion of volunteer opportunities"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 558f"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558f - Promotion of volunteer opportunities
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretaries shall promote volunteer opportunities in areas administered by the Secretaries.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 7, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2914.)
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+description: "Liability insurance"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 558g - Liability insurance
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretaries shall not require a cooperator or volunteer (as those terms are used in section 558e of this title) to have liability insurance to provide the volunteer services authorized under this Act.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–300, § 8, as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2914.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted this section and sections 558a to 558f of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.
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+description: "Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559 - Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations
+
+## Text
+
+All persons employed in the Forest Service of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and any person so arrested shall be taken before the nearest United States magistrate judge, within whose jurisdiction the forest is located, for trial; and upon sworn information by any competent person any United States magistrate judge in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations.
+
+(Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. 873; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(2), Aug. 18, 1970, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1941; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification “Forest Service of the United States” substituted for “forest reserve of the United States” as the probable intent of Congress in that the federal forest reserves were transferred from Department of the Interior to Department of Agriculture by act Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628, and administration of forest reserves was placed in Forest Service which was created by that act. Words “national forests” and “forest” substituted for “forest reserves” and “reservation”, respectively, on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests. That part of act Mar. 3, 1905, which related to arrests by employees of the National Park Service for violations of laws and regulations, was (prior to the amendment made by Pub. L 94–458) classified to section 10 of this title.
+
+Amendments1976—Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(2), as added Pub. L. 94–458, struck out “and national parks” after “national forests” and “or national park” after “jurisdiction the forest”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Change of Name “United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” wherever appearing in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously, “United States magistrate” substituted for “United States commissioner” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
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+description: "Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 559a"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559a - Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture may pay rewards from appropriations available for the protection and management of the national forests, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for information leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Government property.
+
+(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 201, 58 Stat. 736.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 559b"
+description: "Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "559b"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 559b"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559b - Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances
+
+## Text
+
+(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.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15002, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSections 559b to 559f of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title XV of Pub. L. 99–570, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191, known as the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986, which enacted sections 559b to 559f of this title, amended section 841 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, and enacted provisions set out as a note below. For complete classification of title XV to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitlePub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15001, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191, provided that: “This title [enacting this section and sections 559c to 559f of this title and amending section 841 of Title 21, Food and Drugs] may be cited as the ‘National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986’.”
+
+National Forest System, National Park System, and Bureau of Land Management Public Lands Safety; FindingsPub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6254(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4363, provided that: “Congress finds that— “(1) National Forest System lands continue to be a haven for the unlawful production of marijuana and other controlled substances, which—“(A) endangers the public in its use of National Forest System lands; “(B) interferes with the ability of the Forest Service to effectively manage the natural resources and activities within the National Forest System; and “(C) causes damage and destruction of the natural resources and facilities managed by the Forest Service; “(2) the unlawful production of marijuana and other controlled substances often—“(A) is generally harmful to the environment and public health and safety; “(B) pollutes the air, soil, and water; and “(C) is harmful to wildlife; “(3) the Forest Service needs additional authority to adequately deal with the problem of controlled substance production that affects the administration of the National Forest System; “(4) the Forest Service needs to be able to exercise its investigative authorities outside the boundaries of the National Forest System for drug-related crimes arising from within the National Forest System in order to be effective in deterring such crime; “(5) the authority and powers of the Forest Service are not intended to be in conflict or interfere with the statutory authority, powers, or responsibilities of any State or political subdivision thereof; and “(6) the Forest Service, in the exercise of its law enforcement powers, should cooperate to every extent possible with any other Federal, State, or local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction in areas where national forests are located, particularly where coordinated investigative and enforcement actions can be effective to control crime which affects multiple agencies.”
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559c - Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service
+
+## Text
+
+For the purposes of sections 559b to 559f of this title, if specifically designated by the Secretary and specially trained, not to exceed 1,000 special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service when in the performance of their duties shall have authority to—
+
+(1) carry firearms;
+
+(2) conduct, within the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System, investigations of violations of and enforce section 841 of title 21 and other criminal violations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances that are manufactured, distributed, or dispensed on National Forest System lands and to conduct such investigations and enforcement of such laws outside the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System (including the pursuit of persons suspected of such offenses who flee the National Forest System to avoid arrest);
+
+(3) make arrests with a warrant or process for misdemeanor violations, or without a warrant or process for violations of such misdemeanors that any such officer or employee has probable cause to believe are being committed in his presence or view, or for a felony with a warrant or without a warrant if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony, for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;; 11 So in original.
+
+(4) serve warrants and other process issued by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction;
+
+(5) search with or without warrant or process any person, place, or conveyance according to Federal law or rule of law; and
+
+(6) seize with or without warrant or process any evidentiary item according to Federal law or rule of law.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15003, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191; Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6254(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4363.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–690, § 6254(b)(1), in introductory provision substituted “1,000 special agents and law enforcement officers” for “500 officers and employees”, and struck out “within the boundaries of the National Forest System” after “shall have authority”. Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6254(b)(2), inserted “, within the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System,” after “conduct” and “and to conduct such investigations and enforcement of such laws outside the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System (including the pursuit of persons suspected of such offenses who flee the National Forest System to avoid arrest)” before semicolon at end. Par. (3). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6254(b)(3), inserted “, for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;” before semicolon at end.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559d - Cooperation with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies
+
+## Text
+
+For the purposes of sections 559b to 559f of this title, in exercising the authority provided by section 559c of this title—
+
+(1) the Forest Service shall cooperate with any other Federal law enforcement agency having primary investigative jurisdiction over the offense committed;
+
+(2) the Secretary may authorize the Forest Service to cooperate with the law enforcement officials of any Federal agency, State, or political subdivision in the investigation of violations of and enforcement of section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841), other laws and regulations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances, and State drug control laws or ordinances for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
+
+(3) the Forest Service shall cooperate with the Attorney General in carrying out the seizure and forfeiture provisions of section 511 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 881) for violations of the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] relating to offenses committed within the National Forest System, or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;
+
+(4) the Secretary is authorized to designate law enforcement officers of any other Federal agency, when the Secretary determines such designation to be economical and in the public interest, and with the concurrence of that agency, to exercise the powers and authorities of the Forest Service while assisting the Forest Service in the National Forest System, or for activities administered by the Forest Service; and
+
+(5) the Forest Service is authorized to accept law enforcement designation from any other Federal agency or agency of a State or political subdivision thereof for the purpose of cooperating in a multi-agency law enforcement task force investigation of violations of the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] and other offenses committed in the course of or in connection with such violations.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15004, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191; Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6254(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4364.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe Controlled Substances Act, referred to in pars. (3) and (5), is title II of Pub. L. 91–513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 801 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of Title 21 and Tables.
+
+Amendments1988—Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6254(c)(2), substituted “for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System” for “, within the boundaries of the National Forest System”. Pars. (3) to (5). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6254(c)(3), added pars. (3) to (5).
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+description: "Forest Service authorization"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559e - Forest Service authorization
+
+## Text
+
+In order to improve Federal law enforcement activities relating to the use and production of narcotics and controlled substances on lands administered by the Forest Service, from amounts appropriated there shall be made available to the Secretary, in addition to sums made available under other authority of law, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and for each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for employment and training of additional and existing Forest Service law enforcement personnel, for expenses related to such employment, training, equipment, and facilities, and for cooperative programs with State and local law enforcement agencies.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15006, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–192; Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6254(d)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4364.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–690 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out sections 559b to 559f of this title.”
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559f - Approval of Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General
+
+## Text
+
+The authorities conferred herein shall be exercised pursuant to an agreement approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15007, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–192.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextHerein, referred to in text, probably means title XV of Pub. L. 99–570, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–191, known as the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986, which enacted sections 559b to 559f of this title, amended section 841 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 559b of this title. For complete classification of title XV to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 559b of this title and Tables.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 559g - Designation authority of Secretary of Agriculture
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Purpose It is the purpose of this section to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make law enforcement operations more efficient in connection with the administration and use of the National Forest System.
+
+(b) Officers of other agencies The Secretary is authorized to designate law enforcement officers of any other Federal agency, when the Secretary determines such designation to be economical and in the public interest, and with the concurrence of that agency, to exercise the powers and authorities of the Forest Service while assisting the Forest Service in the National Forest System, or for activities administered by the Forest Service.
+
+(c) Acceptance by Forest Service The Forest Service is authorized to accept law enforcement designation from any other Federal agency or agency of a State or political subdivision thereof for the purpose of cooperating in the investigation and enforcement of any Federal or State law or ordinance and regulation of any such agency, when such investigation or enforcement is mutually beneficial to the National Forest System and the cooperating agency or jurisdiction, upon entering into a memorandum of understanding or cooperative agreement with such agency or jurisdiction.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–570, title XV, § 15008, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6254(e), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4365.)
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 560 - Use of timber for telephone lines for fire protection
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he may deem it necessary for the protection of the national forests from fire, may permit the use of timber free of charge for the construction of telephone lines.
+
+(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 843.)
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 560a - Omitted
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section, Pub. L. 93–404, title II, Aug. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 817, which prohibited expenditure of funds appropriated to the Forest Service for the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States except to provide materials required for research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product was available, was from the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1975, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Oct. 4, 1973, Pub. L. 93–120, title II, 87 Stat. 442. Aug. 10, 1972, Pub. L. 92–369, title II, 86 Stat. 521. Aug. 10, 1971, Pub. L. 92–76, title II, 85 Stat. 241. July 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–361, title II, 84 Stat. 682. Oct. 29, 1969, Pub. L. 91–98, title II, 83 Stat. 161. July 26, 1968, Pub. L. 90–425, title II, 82 Stat. 440. June 24, 1967, Pub. L. 90–28, title II, 81 Stat. 72. May 31, 1966, Pub. L. 89–435, title II, 80 Stat. 184. June 28, 1965, Pub. L. 89–52, title II, 79 Stat. 188. July 7, 1964, Pub. L. 88–356, title II, 78 Stat. 287. July 26, 1963, Pub. L. 88–79, title II, 77 Stat. 110. Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–578, title II, 76 Stat. 348. Aug. 3, 1961, Pub. L. 87–122, title II, § 201, 75 Stat. 259. May 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–455, title II, § 202, 74 Stat. 116. June 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86–60, title II, § 202, 73 Stat. 105. June 4, 1958, Pub. L. 85–439, title II, § 202, 72 Stat. 168. July 1, 1957, Pub. L. 85–77, title II, § 202, 71 Stat. 270. June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title II, § 203, 70 Stat. 270. June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, § 204, 69 Stat. 156.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 561 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(45), 65 Stat. 703
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act Mar. 15, 1920, ch. 100, §§ 3, 4, 41 Stat. 531, related to transfer of surplus telephone supplies from the Military Establishment to the Department of Agriculture for use of the Forest Service.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 562 - Forest experiment station in California
+
+## Text
+
+In order to determine and demonstrate the best methods for the conservative management of forest and forest lands and the protection of timber and other forest products, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed (1) to establish and maintain, in cooperation with the State of California and with the surrounding States, a forest experiment station at such place or places as he may determine to be most suitable, and (2) to conduct, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, the States, universities, colleges, county and municipal agencies, business organizations, and individuals, such silvicultural, dendrological, forest fire, economic, and other experiments and investigations as may be necessary.
+
+(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 424, § 1, 43 Stat. 1108.)
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 562a - Forest experiment station in Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain a forest experiment station in the States of the Ohio Valley and central Mississippi Valley, at such a place or places as may be selected by him, and he is authorized and directed to conduct silvicultural, forest-fire, dendrological, and other experiments and investigations, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, and with States, universities, colleges, county and municipal agencies, associations, and individuals, to determine the best methods for the growing, management, and protection of timber crops on forest lands and farm wood lots. Such annual appropriations as may thereafter be necessary for its maintenance and operation are hereby authorized.
+
+(July 3, 1926, ch. 767, §§ 1, 2, 44 Stat. 838.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification A provision authorizing an appropriation of $30,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, for establishment of the forest experiment station referred to in this section was omitted as executed.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 562b - Forest experiment station in Pennsylvania
+
+## Text
+
+In order to determine and demonstrate the best methods for the growing, management, and protection of timber crops on forest lands and farm wood lots, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to establish and maintain a forest experiment station at such place or places as may be determined as most suitable by him, in cooperation with the State of Pennsylvania and with the neighboring States, and to conduct such silvicultural and other forest experiments and investigations as may be necessary, either independently or in cooperation with other organizations, institutions, or individuals, and to carry out the purposes of this section an appropriation in the amount of $30,000 is authorized.
+
+(July 3, 1926, ch. 770, 44 Stat. 840.)
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 563 - Cooperation with States for fire protection on private or State forest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, to stipulate and agree with any State or group of States to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of a system of fire protection on any private or State forest lands within such State or States and situated upon the watershed of a navigable river. No such stipulation or agreement shall be made with any State which has not provided by law for a system of forest-fire protection. In no case shall the amount expended in any State exceed in any fiscal year the amount appropriated by that State for the same purpose during the same fiscal year.
+
+(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 2, 36 Stat. 961.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Fiscal Year Transition Period of July 1, 1976, Through September 30, 1976, Deemed Fiscal Year for Purposes of Matching RequirementsFiscal year transition period of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30, 1976, deemed fiscal year for purposes of this section relating to matching requirements, see section 202(1) of Pub. L. 94–274, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 390, set out as a note under section 2652 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 565a–1"
+description: "Cooperative agreements between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs; authority; funding"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 565a–1 - Cooperative agreements between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs; authority; funding
+
+## Text
+
+To facilitate the administration of the programs and activities of the Forest Service, the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, or persons to construct, operate, and maintain cooperative pollution abatement equipment and facilities, including sanitary landfills, water systems, and sewer systems; to engage in cooperative manpower and job training and development programs; to develop and publish cooperative environmental education and forest history materials; and to perform forestry protection, including fire protection, timber stand improvement, debris removal, and thinning of trees. The Secretary may enter into aforesaid agreements when he determines that the public interest will be benefited and that there exists a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. In such cooperative arrangements, the Secretary is authorized to advance or reimburse funds to cooperators from any Forest Service appropriation available for similar kinds of work or by furnishing or sharing materials, supplies, facilities, or equipment without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, relating to the advance of public moneys.
+
+(Pub. L. 94–148, § 1, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification “Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31” substituted in text for “the Act of January 31, 1823 (Rev. Stat. 3648, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 529)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Inapplicability of Chapter 63 of Title 31Chapter 63 of title 31 not applicable to an agreement entered into under this section, see section 1011a(d)(2) of this title.
+
+Forest Service Partnership AgreementsPub. L. 113–76, div. G, title IV, § 426, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 344, provided that: “(a) Agreements Authorized.—The Secretary of Agriculture may enter into an agreement under section 1 of Public Law 94–148 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1) with a Federal, tribal, State, or local government or a nonprofit entity for the following additional purposes:“(1) To develop, produce, publish, distribute, or sell educational and interpretive materials and products. “(2) To develop, conduct, or sell educational and interpretive programs and services. “(3) To construct, maintain, or improve facilities not under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Administrator of General Services on or in the vicinity of National Forest System lands for the sale or distribution of educational and interpretive materials, products, programs, and services. “(4) To operate facilities (including providing the services of Forest Service employees to staff facilities) in any public or private building or on land not under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Administrator of General Services for the sale or distribution of educational and interpretive materials, products, programs, and services, pertaining to National Forest System lands, private lands, and lands administered by other public entities. “(5) To sell health and safety products, visitor convenience items, or other similar items (as determined by the Secretary) in facilities not under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Administrator of General Services on or in the vicinity of National Forest System lands. “(6) To collect funds on behalf of cooperators from the sale of materials, products, programs, and services, as authorized by a preceding paragraph, when the collection of such funds is incidental to other duties of Forest Service employees. “(b) Treatment of Contributions of Volunteers.—The Forest Service may consider the value of services performed by persons who volunteer their services to the Forest Service and who are recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator as an in-kind contribution of the cooperator for purposes of any cost sharing requirement under any Forest Service authority to enter into mutual benefit agreements. “(c) Duration.—The authority provided by subsections (a) and (b) expires September 30, 2019.” [Pub. L. 119–74, div. C, title IV, § 423, Jan. 23, 2026, 140 Stat. 163, provided that: “Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) [set out above] shall be applied by substituting ‘September 30, 2026’ for ‘September 30, 2019’.” ] [Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: [Pub. L. 118–42, div. E, title IV, § 425, Mar. 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 290.] [Pub. L. 117–328, div. G, title IV, § 425, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4826.] [Pub. L. 117–103, div. G, title IV, § 425, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 415.] [Pub. L. 116–260, div. G, title IV, § 427, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1542.] [Pub. L. 116–94, div. D, title IV, § 430, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2749.]
+
+Mutual Benefit of Agreements to Forest Service and Other PartiesPub. L. 108–7, div. F, title III, § 321, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 274, as amended by Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 426, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 555; Pub. L. 110–161, div. F, title IV, § 417, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2149, provided that: “Until September 30, 2010, the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement under the first section of Public Law 94–148 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1) for a purpose described in such section includes the authority to use that legal instrument when the principal purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. An agreement entered into under this section shall not be subject to Public Law 95–224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (1977) [see section 6301 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance].” Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 107–63, title III, § 328, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 470.
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+description: "Federal employee status of cooperators"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 565a–2 - Federal employee status of cooperators
+
+## Text
+
+In any agreement authorized by section 565a–1 of this title, cooperators and their employees may perform cooperative work under supervision of the Forest Service in emergencies or otherwise as mutually agreed to, but shall not be deemed to be Federal employees other than for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 and chapter 81 of title 5.
+
+(Pub. L. 94–148, § 2, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 565a–3"
+description: "Agreements otherwise authorized by law"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 565a–3 - Agreements otherwise authorized by law
+
+## Text
+
+Nothing in sections 565a–1 to 565a–3 of this title shall be construed as limiting or modifying the authority of the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements otherwise authorized by law.
+
+(Pub. L. 94–148, § 3, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)
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+type: "LegalText"
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+description: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 565a - Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the Territories of the United States on the same terms and conditions as with States under sections 564 and 565 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
+
+(Feb. 20, 1931, ch. 249, 46 Stat. 1200.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSections 564 and 565 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
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+description: "Transfer of fire lookout towers and other improvements for fire control to States, political subdivisions or agencies; reversion"
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+status: "current"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 565b - Transfer of fire lookout towers and other improvements for fire control to States, political subdivisions or agencies; reversion
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, subject to such conditions as he may prescribe, to transfer, without reimbursement or at such prices and upon such terms as he may impose, to States and political subdivisions or agencies thereof fire lookout towers and other structures or improvements used by the Forest Service for fire prevention or suppression purposes, and the land used in connection therewith if such land is outside national forest boundaries, when they are no longer needed by the Forest Service for such purposes but are of value to the State or political subdivision or agency thereof in its fire protection system: Provided, That if any property so transferred is not put to use for the purpose for which it was transferred within two years from the date of transfer, or if, within fifteen years from the date of transfer, any such property should cease to be used for the purpose for which it was transferred for a period of two years, title thereto shall revert to and immediately revest in the United States.
+
+(Pub. L. 85–464, § 5, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 566"
+description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(1), formerly § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(1), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 566 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(1), formerly § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(1), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, acts June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 3, 43 Stat. 653; May 5, 1944, ch. 189, 58 Stat. 216; May 5, 1972, Pub. L. 92–288, § 3(a), 86 Stat. 134, authorized expenditures by the Secretary of Agriculture for study of effects of tax and other laws on forest perpetuation, etc.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 566a - Repealed. Pub. L. 92–288, § 3(b), May 5, 1972, 86 Stat. 134
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735, § 1, 63 Stat. 909, provided for annual authorization of appropriations for carrying out sections 564, 565, and 566 of this title, with maximum limits for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1950 through June 30, 1954.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 566b - Annual appropriations; limitation on use of other funds for the purposes of sections 564, 565, and 566 11 See References in Text note below.
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds heretofore or hereafter authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture or available under any other than the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 653), shall be used for carrying out the programs or activities authorized by sections 564, 565, and 566 1 of this title: Provided, That whenever the programs and activities being carried out under the provisions of sections 564, 565, and 566 1 of this title are inadequate to the needs and purposes of programs and activities authorized by other law the use of funds specifically authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture or made available under other law shall not be prohibited to the extent that the programs and activities under said sections are inadequate to accomplish the purposes of such other programs or activities.
+
+(Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735, § 4, 63 Stat. 910.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextAct of June 7, 1924, referred to in text, is act June 7, 1924, ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653, which is classified to sections 471, 499, 505, 515, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, and 570 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Sections 564, 565, and 566 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 567 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(1), formerly § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(1), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, acts June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 4, 43 Stat. 654; Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735, § 2, 63 Stat. 909, required cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and States in procuring, etc., forest-tree seeds and plants.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 567a"
+description: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in acquisition and administration of State forests"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 567a - Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in acquisition and administration of State forests
+
+## Text
+
+For the purpose of stimulating the acquisition, development, and proper administration and management of State forests and of insuring coordinated effort by Federal and State agencies in carrying out a comprehensive national program of forest-land management, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of any State or States for acquiring in the name of the United States, by purchase or otherwise, such forest lands within the cooperating State as in his judgment the State is adequately prepared to administer, develop, and manage as State forests in accordance with the provisions of sections 567a to 567c of this title and with such other terms not inconsistent therewith as he shall prescribe, such acquisition to include the mapping, examination, appraisal, and surveying of such lands and the doing of all things necessary to perfect title thereto in the United States: Provided, That, since it is the declared policy of Congress to maintain and, where it is in the national interest to extend the national-forest system, nothing herein shall be construed to modify, limit, or change in any manner whatsoever the future ownership and administration by the United States of existing national forests and related facilities, or hereafter to restrict or prevent their extension through the acquisition by purchase or otherwise of additional lands for any national-forest purpose: Provided further, That sections 567a to 567c of this title shall not be construed to limit or repeal any legislation authorizing land exchanges by the Federal Government, and private lands acquired by exchange within the limits of any area subject to a cooperative agreement of the character herein authorized shall hereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 567a to 567c of this title.
+
+(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 808, § 1, 49 Stat. 963.)
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+description: "Conditions and requirements for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 567b - Conditions and requirements for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests
+
+## Text
+
+No cooperative agreement shall be entered into or continued in force under the authority of sections 567a to 567c of this title or any land acquired hereunder turned over to the cooperating State for administration, development, and management unless the State concerned, as a consideration for the benefits extended to it thereunder, complies in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture with the following conditions and requirements which shall constitute a part of every such agreement:
+
+(a) In order to reduce the need for public expenditures in the acquisition of lands which may be brought into public ownership through the enforcement of appropriate tax delinquency laws, and, by bringing about the handling of such lands upon a sound social and economic basis, to terminate a system of indeterminate and unsound ownership injurious to the private and public interest alike, no additional lands shall be acquired within any State by the United States under sections 567a to 567c of this title after June 30, 1942, unless the State concerned has prior thereto provided by law for the reversion of title to the State or a political unit thereof of tax-delinquent lands and for blocking into State or other public forests the areas which are more suitable for public than private ownership, and which in the public interest should be devoted primarily to the production of timber crops and/or the maintenance of forests for watershed protection, and for the enforcement of such law: Provided, That in the administration of sections 567a to 567c of this title prior to June 30, 1942, preference will be given to States applying for cooperation hereunder which provided by law for such reversion of title under tax delinquency laws.
+
+(b) In order to insure a stable and efficient organization for the development and administration of the lands acquired under sections 567a to 567c of this title, the State shall provide for the employment of a State forester, who shall be a trained forester of recognized standing.
+
+(c) The Secretary of Agriculture and the appropriate authorities of each cooperating State shall work out a mutually satisfactory plan defining forest areas within the State which can be most effectively and economically administered by said State, which plan shall constitute a part of the cooperative agreement between the United States and the State concerned: Provided, That nothing herein shall be held to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from later agreeing with the proper State authorities to desirable modifications in such plan.
+
+(d) No payment of Federal funds shall be made for land selected for purchase by the United States under sections 567a to 567c of this title until such proposed purchase has been submitted to and approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission created by section 513 of this title.
+
+(e) Subject to the approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay out of any available money appropriated for carrying out the purposes of sections 567a to 567c of this title any State, county, and/or town taxes, exclusive of penalties, due or accrued on any forest lands acquired by the United States under donations from the owners thereof and which lands are to be included in a State or other public forest pursuant to said sections.
+
+(f) The State shall prepare such standards of forest administration, development, and management as are necessary to insure maximum feasible utility for timber production and watershed protection, and are acceptable to the Secretary of Agriculture and shall apply the same to lands acquired and placed under the jurisdiction of the State pursuant to sections 567a to 567c of this title.
+
+(g) That with the exception of such Federal expenditures as may be made for unemployment relief, the State shall pay without assistance from the Federal Government the entire future cost of administering, developing, and managing all forest lands acquired and over which it has been given jurisdiction under sections 567a to 567c of this title.
+
+(h) During the period any cooperative agreement made under sections 567a to 567c of this title remains in force, one-half of the gross proceeds from all lands covered by said agreement and to which the United States holds title shall be paid by the State to the United States and covered into the Treasury. All such payments shall be credited to the purchase price the State is to pay the United States for said land, such purchase price to be an amount equal to the total sum expended by the United States in acquiring said lands. Upon payments of the full purchase price, either as herein provided or otherwise, title to said lands shall be transferred from the Federal Government to the State, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to take such action and incur such expenditures, as may be necessary to effectuate such transfer.
+
+(i) Upon the request of the State concerned, any agreement made pursuant to sections 567a to 567c of this title may be terminated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture may, with the consent and approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission, after due notice given the State and an opportunity for hearing by said Commission, terminate any such agreement for violations of its terms and/or the provisions of said sections of this title. If such agreement is terminated, the United States shall reimburse the State for so much of the State funds as have been expended in the administration, development, and management of the lands involved as the Secretary of Agriculture may decide to be fair and equitable.
+
+(j) The State shall furnish the Secretary of Agriculture with such annual, periodic, or special reports as he may require respecting the State’s operations under its agreement with him.
+
+(k) When a State or political unit thereof acquires under tax delinquency laws title to forest lands without cost to the United States and which lands are included within a State or other public forest, the Secretary of Agriculture, on behalf of the Federal Government, may contribute annually out of any funds made available under sections 567a to 567c of this title not to exceed one-half the cost of administering, developing, and managing said lands.
+
+(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 808, § 2, 49 Stat. 963.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in subsecs. (d), (e), and (i), was created by section 4 of act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). Section 4 of the 1911 Act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 567c - Authorization of appropriation for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests
+
+## Text
+
+For the purposes of sections 567a to 567c of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated, a sum or sums out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $5,000,000, as Congress may from time to time appropriate.
+
+(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 808, § 3, 49 Stat. 965.)
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 568"
+description: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 568 - Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed, in cooperation with the land grant colleges and universities of the various States or, in his discretion, with other suitable State agencies, to aid farmers through advice, education, demonstrations, and other similar means in establishing, renewing, protecting, and managing wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in harvesting, utilizing, and marketing the products thereof. Except for preliminary investigations, the amount expended by the Federal Government under this section in cooperation with any State or other cooperating agency during any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount expended by the State or other cooperating agency for the same purpose during the same fiscal year, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make expenditures on the certificate of the appropriate State official that the State expenditures, as provided for in this section, have been made. There is authorized to be appropriated annually out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $500,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this section.
+
+(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 5, 43 Stat. 654; Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735, § 3, 63 Stat. 910.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1949—Act Oct. 26, 1949, enlarged and clarified the Federal-State educational program with small forest-land owners, and increased the annual appropriations from $100,000 to $500,000.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Fiscal Year Transition Period of July 1, 1976, Through September 30, 1976, Deemed Fiscal Year for Purposes of Matching RequirementsFiscal year transition period of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30, 1976, deemed fiscal year for purposes of this section relating to matching requirements, see section 202(2) of Pub. L. 94–274, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 392, set out as a note under section 2652 of Title 7, Agriculture.
+
+Contributions by States, etc.Act Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 208, 58 Stat. 736, provided: “No part of any appropriation which is available for carrying out the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act (16 U.S.C. 568b) [repealed] and sections 4 and 5 of the Clarke-McNary Act (16 U.S.C. 567 [repealed], 568) shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary to be the value equivalent thereof.”
+
+Appropriations Available for 3 YearsAct Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 209, 58 Stat. 737, provided: “Appropriations for carrying out the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act (16 U.S.C. 568b) [repealed] and sections 4 and 5 of the Clarke-McNary Act (16 U.S.C. 567 [repealed], 568) and Acts supplementary thereto allocated for the production or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds appropriated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years.”
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+description: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 568a - Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with Territories and other possessions of the United States on the same terms and conditions as with States under sections 566, 567,11 See References in Text note below. and 568 of this title.
+
+(Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 134, 44 Stat. 250.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSections 566 and 567 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 568b - Repealed. Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 3, 64 Stat. 473, eff. June 30, 1951
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act May 18, 1937, ch. 226, 50 Stat. 188, related to cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture in development of farm forestry in States and Territories. This section was known as the “Cooperative Farm Forestry Act”.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 568c to 568e"
+description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(4), (5), formerly § 13(a)(4), (5), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(4), (5), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 568c to 568e - Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(4), (5), formerly § 13(a)(4), (5), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(4), (5), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
+
+## Notes
+
+Section 568c, acts Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 1, 64 Stat. 473; May 5, 1972, Pub. L. 92–288, § 1, 86 Stat. 134, required cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and State officials in providing technical services to private landowners, etc.
+
+Section 568d, acts Aug. 25, 1950, ch. 781, § 2, 64 Stat. 473; Sept. 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87–680, 76 Stat. 569; May 5, 1972, Pub. L. 92–288, § 2, 86 Stat. 134, set forth funding requirements for cooperative forest management programs involving private landowners, etc.
+
+Section 568e, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title IV, § 401, 70 Stat. 207, set forth provisions relating to assistance to States for tree planting and reforestation through the Secretary of Agriculture.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
+
+Short TitleSection 4 of act Aug. 25, 1950, setting forth the popular name of the act of Aug. 25, 1950, as the “Cooperative Forest Management Act,” was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(4), formerly § 13(a)(4), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(4), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 569"
+description: "Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 569 - Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes
+
+## Text
+
+To enable owners of lands chiefly valuable for the growing of timber crops to donate or devise such lands to the United States in order to assure future timber supplies for the agricultural and other industries of the State or for other national forest purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any such land so donated or devised, subject to such reservations by the donor of the present stand of merchantable timber or of mineral or other rights for a period not exceeding twenty years as the Secretary of Agriculture may find to be reasonable and not detrimental to the purposes of this section, and to pay out of any moneys appropriated for the general expenses of the Forest Service the cost of recording deeds or other expenses incident to the examination and acceptance of title. Any lands to which title is so accepted shall be in units of such size or so located as to be capable of economical administration as national forests either separately or jointly with other lands acquired under this section, or jointly with an existing national forest. All lands to which title is accepted under this section shall, upon acceptance of title, become national forest lands, subject to all laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911, and amendments thereto. In the sale of timber from national forest lands acquired under this section preference shall be given to applicants who will furnish the products desired therefrom to meet the necessities of citizens of the United States engaged in agriculture in the States in which such national forest is situated. All property, rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of lands donated or devised to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located.
+
+(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 7, 43 Stat. 654.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextAct of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.
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+description: "Ascertainment by Secretary of Agriculture of public lands valuable for stream-flow protection and report thereof"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 570 - Ascertainment by Secretary of Agriculture of public lands valuable for stream-flow protection and report thereof
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to ascertain and determine the location of public lands chiefly valuable for stream-flow protection or for timber production, which can be economically administered as parts of national forests, and to report his findings to the National Forest Reservation Commission established under the Act of March 1, 1911, and if the commission shall determine that the administration of said lands by the Federal Government will protect the flow of streams used for navigation or for irrigation, or will promote a future timber supply, the President shall lay the findings of the commission before the Congress of the United States.
+
+(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 8, 43 Stat. 655.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was established under section 4 of Act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). Section 4 of the 1911 act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 571 - Repealed. Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 17(a), 64 Stat. 87
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 2, 43 Stat. 1132, related to construction of buildings for national forest purposes.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 571c"
+description: "Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 571c - Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law and without regard to sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40, but within the limitations of cost otherwise applicable, appropriations of the Forest Service may be expended for the erection of buildings, lookout towers, and other structures on land owned by States, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, corporations, or individuals: Provided, That prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right to remove any such structure within a reasonable time after the termination of the right to use the land.
+
+(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 1, 64 Stat. 82.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification “Sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40” substituted in text for “section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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+description: "Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies in working land under State or private ownership"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 572 - Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies in working land under State or private ownership
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Payment of expenses by interested parties; work contemplated The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, where the public interest justifies, to cooperate with or assist public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons in performing work on land in State, county, municipal, or private ownership, situated within or near a national forest, for which the administering agency, owner, or other interested party deposits in one or more payments a sufficient sum to cover the total estimated cost of the work to be done for the benefit of the depositor, for administration, protection, improvement, reforestation, and such other kinds of work as the Forest Service is authorized to do on lands of the United States: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable to the depositor or land-owner for any damage incident to the performance of such work.
+
+(b) Cooperation where national forests or lands are used by permittees Cooperation and assistance on the same basis as that authorized in subsection (a) is authorized also in the performance of any such kinds of work in connection with the occupancy or use of the national forests or other lands administered by the Forest Service.
+
+(c) Disposition and availability of moneys; advancements; adjustments Moneys deposited under this section shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is made available until expended for payment of the cost of work performed by the Forest Service and for refunds to depositors of amounts deposited by them in excess of their share of said cost: Provided, That when deposits are received for a number of similar types of work on adjacent or overlapping areas, or on areas which in the aggregate are determined to cover a single work unit, they may be expended on such combined areas for the purposes for which deposited, in which event refunds to the depositors of the total amount of the excess deposits involved will be made on a proportionate basis: Provided further, That when so provided by written agreement payment for work undertaken pursuant to this section may be made from any Forest Service appropriation available for similar types of work, and reimbursement received from said agencies, organizations, institutions, or persons covering their proportionate share of the cost and the funds received as reimbursement shall be deposited to the credit of the Forest Service appropriation from which initially paid or to appropriations for similar purposes currently available at the time of deposit: Provided further, That when by the terms of a written agreement either party thereto furnishes materials, supplies, equipment, or services for fire emergencies in excess of its proportionate share, adjustment may be made by reimbursement or by replacement in kind of supplies, materials, and equipment consumed or destroyed in excess of the furnishing party’s proportionate share.
+
+(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 1, 43 Stat. 1132; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 5, 64 Stat. 83.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, amended section generally to broaden the authority to permit performance of various kinds of work by the Forest Service, at the expense of interested parties, on national forests and other related lands.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+AppropriationsAppropriation of all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work under this section was made by acts Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 991; Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 483.
+
+Trust FundsClassification as trust funds, appropriation and disbursement of funds appearing on books of Government as “Cooperative work, Forest Service,” see section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 572a - Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of scaling services
+
+## Text
+
+The Forest Service may accept money from timber purchasers for deposit into the Treasury in the trust account, “Forest Service cooperative fund”, which moneys are made available for scaling services requested by purchasers in addition to those required by the Forest Service, and for refunds of amounts deposited in excess of the cost of such work.
+
+(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 210, 58 Stat. 737.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 573 - Repealed. Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 17(a), 64 Stat. 87
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, act May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 1, 46 Stat. 387, related to water supply and sanitary systems.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 574 - Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse owners of private property for damage or destruction thereof caused by employees of the United States in connection with the protection, administration, or improvement of the national forests, payment to be made from any funds appropriated for the protection, administration, and improvement of the national forests: Provided, That no payment in excess of $2,500 shall be made on any such claim.
+
+(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 2, 46 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 87–869, § 8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1962—Pub. L. 87–869 increased from $500 to $2,500 the authorization for reimbursement of owners of private property for damages caused in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests.
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+# 16 U.S.C. § 575 - Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting persons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local authorities.
+
+(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 3, 46 Stat. 387.)
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576 - Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and forest improvement work
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish forest tree nurseries and do all other things needful in preparation for planting on national forests on the scale possible under the appropriations authorized by section 576a of this title: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the said Secretary under other authority of law.
+
+(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 1, 46 Stat. 527.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitleThe act of June 9, 1930, ch. 416, 46 Stat. 527, as amended, which is classified to sections 576 to 576b of this title, is popularly known as the “Knutson-Vandenberg Act”.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576a - Authorization of appropriation for reforestation
+
+## Text
+
+There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after year ending June 30, 1934, not to exceed $400,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and operate nurseries, to collect or to purchase tree seed or young trees, to plant trees, and to do all other things necessary for reforestation by planting or seeding national forests and for the additional protection, care, and improvement of the resulting plantations or young growth.
+
+(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 2, 46 Stat. 527.)
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576b - Purchasers of national-forest timber; deposits of money in addition to payments for timber; use of deposits; seedlings and young trees for burned-over areas in national parks
+
+## Text
+
+(a) The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her judgment such action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of national-forest timber to make deposits of money in addition to the payments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United States of (1) planting (including the production or purchase of young trees), (2) sowing with tree seeds (including the collection or purchase of such seeds), (3) cutting, destroying, or otherwise removing undesirable trees or other growth, on the national-forest land cut over by the purchaser, in order to improve the future stand of timber, (4) protecting and improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of the forest land on such sale area, including sale area improvement operations, maintenance and construction, reforestation and wildlife habitat management, or (5) watershed restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, control of insects, disease and noxious weeds, community protection activities, and the maintenance of forest roads, within the Forest Service region in which the timber sale occurred: Provided, That such activities may be performed through the use of contracts, forest product sales, and cooperative agreements. Such deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and made available until expended, to cover the cost to the United States of such tree planting, seed sowing, and forest improvement work, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon application of the Secretary of the Interior, to furnish seedlings and/or young trees for replanting of burned-over areas in any national park.
+
+(c) 11 See 2004 Amendment notes below. Any portion of the balance at the end of a fiscal year in the special fund established pursuant to this section that the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be in excess of the cost of doing work described in subsection (a) (as well as any portion of the balance in the special fund that the Secretary determined, before October 1, 2004, to be excess of the cost of doing work described in subsection (a), but which has not been transferred by that date) shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, National Forest Fund, as a National Forest receipt, but only if the Secretary also determines that—
+
+(1) the excess amounts will not be needed for emergency wildfire suppression during the fiscal year in which the transfer would be made; and
+
+(2) the amount to be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, National Forest Fund, exceeds the outstanding balance of unreimbursed funds transferred from the special fund in prior fiscal years for wildfire suppression.
+
+(June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 3, 46 Stat. 527; Pub. L. 94–588, § 18, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962; Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title III, § 318, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3096; Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 412, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 551.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–54 added cl. (5). 2004—Pub. L. 108–447, § 318(1), which directed the amendment of this section “by striking ‘The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his’ and inserting ‘(a) The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her’; ‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)’ ”, was partially executed by designating existing text as subsec. (a) and substituting “The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her” for “The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his”. However, the provisions relating to subsec. (b) were not inserted, because of missing directory language. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–447, § 318(2), substituted “may direct. The Secretary of Agriculture” for “may direct: Provided, That any portion of any deposit found to be in excess of the cost of doing said work shall, upon the determination that it is so in excess, be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest reserve fund, as a national-forest receipt of the fiscal year in which such transfer is made: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447, § 318(3), added subsec. (c). 1976—Pub. L. 94–588 struck out “or” before “(3)” and substituted “, or (4) protecting and improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of the forest land on such sale area, including sale area improvement operations, maintenance and construction, reforestation and wildlife habitat management” for “: Provided, That the total amount so required to be deposited by any purchaser shall not exceed, on an acreage basis, the average cost of planting (including the production or purchase of young trees) other comparable national-forest lands during the previous three years”.
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+description: "Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund; establishment; duration; authorization of appropriations"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 576c"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576c - Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund; establishment; duration; authorization of appropriations
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a “Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund”, and transfer to that fund beginning with the fiscal year, commencing July 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1987, such amounts as may be appropriated therefor. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for each of the fiscal years during such period the sum of $65,000,000.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–421, § 1, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678; Pub. L. 94–273, § 2(9), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “September” for “June”.
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+description: "Expenditure of Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund moneys; availability of moneys from other sources unaffected"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576d - Expenditure of Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund moneys; availability of moneys from other sources unaffected
+
+## Text
+
+Moneys transferred to the National Forest Reforestation Fund under the provisions of sections 576c to 576e 11 See References in Text note below. of this title shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture, for expenditure upon appropriation, for the purpose of supplementing programs of tree planting and seeding of national forest lands determined by the Secretary to be in need of reforestation. Such moneys shall be available until expended, and shall be provided without prejudice to appropriations or funds available from other sources for the same purposes, including those available pursuant to section 576b of this title.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–421, § 2, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSection 576e of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237.
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 576e - Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, Pub. L. 92–421, § 3, Sept. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 678, required Secretary of Agriculture to provide, within one year after Sept. 18, 1972, a report to Congress setting forth scope of total national forest reforestation needs and a planned program for reforesting such lands, including a description of extent to which funds authorized by sections 576c to 576e of this title were to be applied and to annually thereafter make a report to Congress on use of funds authorized by sections 576c to 576e of this title and progress toward completion of the planned national forest reforestation program.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 577"
+description: "Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577 - Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation
+
+## Text
+
+All public lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St. Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Township 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the international boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas heretofore described in this section; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P. M.; and all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests.
+
+(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, § 1, 46 Stat. 1020.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitleThe act of July 10, 1930, ch. 881, 46 Stat. 1020, which is classified to sections 577 to 577b of this title, is popularly known as the “Shipstead-Nolan Act”.
+
+Executive Documents
+
+Transfer of Functions Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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+description: "Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 577a"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577a - Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging
+
+## Text
+
+The principle of conserving the natural beauty of shore lines for recreational use shall apply to all Federal lands which border upon any boundary lake or stream contiguous to this area, or any other lake or stream within this area which is now or eventually to be in general use for boat or canoe travel, and that for the purpose of carrying out this principle logging of all such shores to a depth of four hundred feet from the natural water line is forbidden except as the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture may see fit in particular instances to vary the distance for practical reasons: Provided, That in no case shall logging of any timber other than diseased, insect infested, dying, or dead be permitted closer to the natural shore line than two hundred feet, except where necessary to open areas for banking grounds, landings, and other uses connected with logging operations.
+
+(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, § 2, 46 Stat. 1021.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Executive Documents
+
+Transfer of Functions Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 577b"
+description: "Preserving water level of lakes and streams of public lands in northern Minnesota; reservoirs; water power"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 577b"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577b - Preserving water level of lakes and streams of public lands in northern Minnesota; reservoirs; water power
+
+## Text
+
+In order to preserve the shore lines, rapids, waterfalls, beaches, and other natural features of the region in an unmodified state of nature, no further alteration of the natural water level of any lake or stream within or bordering upon the designated area shall be authorized by any permit, license, lease, or other authorization granted by any official or commission of the United States, which will result in flooding lands of the United States within or immediately adjacent to the Superior National Forest, unless and until specific authority for granting such permit, license, lease, or other authorization shall have first been obtained by special Act from the Congress of the United States covering each such project: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with the duties of the International Joint Commission created pursuant to the convention concerning the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and concluded between the United States and Great Britain on January 11, 1909, and action taken or to be taken in accordance with provisions of the convention, protocol, and agreement between the United States and Canada, which were signed at Washington on February 24, 1925, for the purpose of regulating the levels of the Lake of the Woods: Provided, That with the written approval and consent of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, reservoirs not exceeding one hundred acres in area may be constructed and maintained for the transportation of logs or in connection with authorized recreational uses of national-forest lands, and maximum water levels not higher than the normal high-water mark may be maintained temporarily where essential strictly for logging purposes, in the streams between lakes by the construction and operation of small temporary dams: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from listing for homestead entry under the provisions of the Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), any of the above-described lands found by him to be chiefly valuable for agriculture and not needed for public purposes: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any proposed development for water-power purposes for which an application for license was pending under the terms of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] on or before January 1, 1928.
+
+(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, § 3, 46 Stat. 1021.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextAct of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), referred to in text, which was classified to sections 506 to 508 and 509 of this title, was repealed by Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157. The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Federal Water Power Act”, which was redesignated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.
+
+Executive Documents
+
+Transfer of Functions Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577c - Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota
+
+## Text
+
+To protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands within certain parts of the area described in section 577 of this title, and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in sections 577a and 577b of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in section 577d of this title, where in his opinion development or exploitation, or the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining wilderness canoe country.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 1, 62 Stat. 568; Pub. L. 87–351, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1961—Pub. L. 87–351 removed the restriction on condemnation of contiguous tracts of land in one ownership, not exceeding five hundred acres in the aggregate, if the lands were encumbered with structures of a permanent type suitable for human occupancy and if the owners thereof filed written objections before expiration of the time for answering the petition in the proceedings.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short TitleThe act of June 22, 1948, ch. 593, 62 Stat. 568, as amended, which is classified to sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title, is popularly known as the “Thye-Blatnik Act”.
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+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577e - Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands
+
+## Text
+
+Lands shall be acquired by purchase or condemnation under the supplemental authority granted in section 577c of this title only with prior approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior National Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act, as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act, as amended, except as hereinafter provided.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 3, 62 Stat. 570.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was created by section 4 of act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). Section 4 of the 1911 Act was repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961. Said Act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sections 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.
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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 577f"
+description: "Exchange of lands"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577f - Exchange of lands
+
+## Text
+
+Upon finding and determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that the public purposes and objectives explicit and implicit in sections 577 to 577b of this title, more effectively can be accomplished by exchanging lands of the United States situated within the boundaries described in said sections for other lands in State, county, or private ownership situated within the said boundaries which are more suitable for public ownership, management, and use, for the purposes contemplated by said sections, such lands of the United States shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of sections 485 and 486 of this title, or the provisions of section 516 of this title.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 4, 62 Stat. 570.)
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 577g–1"
+description: "Payment to State of Minnesota for extension to other sections of land"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
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+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
+chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
+section: "577g–1"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 577g–1"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577g–1 - Payment to State of Minnesota for extension to other sections of land
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall pay to the State of Minnesota, at the close of each fiscal year from any national-forest receipts not otherwise appropriated a sum of money equivalent to three-quarters of 1 per centum of the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands as may be situated within the area described in section 577d–1 of this title at the end of each fiscal year; and the payments made hereunder shall be distributed to each of the three aforesaid counties in conformity with the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands in each county: Provided, That the fair appraised value of the lands shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture at ten-year intervals and his determination shall be conclusive and final: Provided further, That the first payment to the State of Minnesota under the provisions of this section shall be due at the close of the fiscal year 1959: And provided further, That the provisions of section 500 of this title, shall not be applicable to the national-forest lands to which this section applies.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 5, 62 Stat. 570; June 22, 1956, ch. 425, § 2, 70 Stat. 328.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section 5 of act June 22, 1948, as it read prior to amendment by act June 22, 1956, is set out as section 577g of this title.
+
+Amendments1956—Act June 22, 1956, amended section with respect to the lands described in section 577d–1 by revising the proviso to fix the due date of the first payment to Minnesota as of the close of the fiscal year 1959. For payment for lands described in section 577d, see section 577g of this title.
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+description: "Payment for additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577g - Payment for additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall pay to the State of Minnesota, at the close of each fiscal year from any national-forest receipts not otherwise appropriated a sum of money equivalent to three-quarters of 1 per centum of the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands as may be situated within the area described in section 577d of this title at the end of each fiscal year; and the payments made hereunder shall be distributed to each of the three aforesaid counties in conformity with the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands in each county: Provided, That the fair appraised value of the lands shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture at ten-year intervals and his determination shall be conclusive and final: Provided further, That the first payment to the State of Minnesota under the provisions of this section shall not be due until the close of the first full fiscal year after June 22, 1948: And provided further, That the provisions of section 500 of this title, shall not be applicable to the national-forest lands to which this section applies.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 5, 62 Stat. 570.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section, as amended by act June 22, 1956, ch. 425, § 2, 70 Stat. 328, is set out as section 577g–1 of this title.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 577h"
+description: "Authorization of appropriations; limitation on amount for purchase of additional lands, water or interests therein; availability of other funds; annual report to Congress"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "3"
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+section: "577h"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 577h"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
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+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 577h - Authorization of appropriations; limitation on amount for purchase of additional lands, water or interests therein; availability of other funds; annual report to Congress
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Appropriations authorized; purposes There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as are necessary to implement sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title: Provided, That the total appropriations under the authority of said sections shall not exceed $9,000,000 for the purchase and condemnation of lands, water, or interests therein, and that funds made available through the provisions of chapter 2003 of title 54, may also be used for such acquisitions: Provided further, That such appropriations may be used for the payment of court judgments in condemnation actions brought under authority of sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title without regard to the date such actions were initially instituted.
+
+(b) Reports on acquisitions Not later than March 1 of each year 1977 through 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress a report concerning the acquisition of lands or interests in lands under sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title. The final report of the Secretary shall specify whether additional authorizations or appropriations are necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections.
+
+(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 6, 62 Stat. 570; June 22, 1956, ch. 425, § 3, 70 Stat. 328; Pub. L. 87–351, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772; Pub. L. 94–384, Aug. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1123; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(19), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3266.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–287 substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (78 Stat. 897), as amended”. 1976—Pub. L. 94–384 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “implement” for “carry out the provisions of”, “$9,000,000” for “$4,500,000”, and “lands, water, or interests therein” for “land”, struck out “however” after “Provided”, inserted provision relating to the availability of funds under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act and provision relating to the availability of appropriations for payment of court judgments in condemnation actions regardless of the date of institution of such action, and added subsec. (b). 1961—Pub. L. 87–351 increased appropriation for purchase and condemnation of land from $2,500,000 to $4,500,000. 1956—Act June 22, 1956, increased appropriation for purchase and condemnation of land from $500,000 to $2,500,000.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Availability of AppropriationsPub. L. 87–351 provided in part that: “Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of the Act [sections 577c, 577d and 577e to 577h of this title] shall remain available until expended.”
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