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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 559a"
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description: "Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "3"
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chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
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section: "559a"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 559a"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s559a"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 16 U.S.C. § 559a - Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations
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## Text
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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.
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(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 201, 58 Stat. 736.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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