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title: "16 U.S.C. § 553a"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 553a - Repealed.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.