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title: "16 U.S.C. § 555b"
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title_number: 16
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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.)