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TITLE 16 > CHAPTER 3 > SUBCHAPTER I

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • § 551. Protection of national forests; rules and regulations
  • § 551a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States and political subdivisions in law enforcement
  • § 551b. Omitted
  • § 551c. Planning for fire protection
  • § 552. Consent to agreement by States for conservation of forests and water supply
  • § 552a. Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation
  • § 552b. Administration of withdrawn lands; rules and regulations
  • § 552c. Reimbursement of United States for loss of revenue
  • § 552d. Punishment of violations of regulations
  • § 553. Duties of officials of Forest Service; stock laws; protection of fish and game
  • § 553a. Repealed.]
  • § 554. Forest supervisors and rangers
  • § 554a. Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations
  • § 554b. Medical care for employees engaged in hazardous work; notification and transportation of employees
  • § 554c. Care of employees’ graves
  • § 554d. Recreation facilities for employees of Forest Service and their immediate families
  • § 554e. Employment of workers for emergencies
  • § 555. Forest headquarters, ranger stations, dwellings, or other needed sites
  • § 555a. Exchange of lands
  • § 555b. Street improvements; availability of Forest Service funds
  • § 556. Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication of newspaper or magazine articles
  • § 556a. Omitted
  • § 556b. Use of appropriations for expenses of transporting automobiles of employees between points in Alaska
  • § 556c. Reimbursement of employees for property losses resulting from fires, floods, or other casualties
  • § 556d. Advances of public moneys to Forest Service for fighting forest fires in emergency cases
  • § 556e. Emergency appropriations for rehabilitation and wildfire suppression
  • § 556f. Expenses of student interns
  • § 556g. Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees
  • § 556h. Recognition of private contributors to Forest Service programs
  • § 557. Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention
  • § 557a. Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation
  • § 557b. Omitted
  • § 558. Repealed.]
  • § 558a. Volunteers in the National Forests Program
  • § 558b. Incidental expenses of program volunteers
  • § 558c. Employment status of volunteers
  • § 558d. Authorization of appropriations
  • § 559. Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations
  • § 559a. Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations
  • § 559b. Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances
  • § 559c. Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service
  • § 559d. Cooperation with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies
  • § 559e. Forest Service authorization
  • § 559f. Approval of Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General
  • § 559g. Designation authority of Secretary of Agriculture
  • § 560. Use of timber for telephone lines for fire protection
  • § 560a. Omitted
  • § 561. Repealed.]
  • § 562. Forest experiment station in California
  • § 562a. Forest experiment station in Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
  • § 562b. Forest experiment station in Pennsylvania
  • § 563. Cooperation with States for fire protection on private or State forest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers
  • §§ 564, 565. Repealed.]
  • § 565a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories
  • § 565a-1. Cooperative agreements between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs; authority; funding
  • § 565a-2. Federal employee status of cooperators
  • § 565a-3. Agreements otherwise authorized by law
  • § 565b. Transfer of fire lookout towers and other improvements for fire control to States, political subdivisions or agencies; reversion
  • § 566. Repealed.]
  • § 566a. Repealed.]
  • § 566b. Annual appropriations; limitation on use of other funds for the purposes of sections 564, 565, and 566 1
  • § 567. Repealed.]
  • § 567a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in acquisition and administration of State forests
  • § 567b. Conditions and requirements for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests
  • § 567c. Authorization of appropriation for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests
  • § 568. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations
  • § 568a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions
  • § 568b. Repealed.]
  • §§ 568c to 568e. Repealed.]
  • §§ 568f, 568g. Omitted
  • § 569. Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes
  • § 570. Ascertainment by Secretary of Agriculture of public lands valuable for stream-flow protection and report thereof
  • § 571. Repealed.]
  • §§ 571a, 571b. Omitted
  • § 571c. Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases
  • § 572. Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies in working land under State or private ownership
  • § 572a. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of scaling services
  • § 573. Repealed.]
  • § 574. Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement
  • § 575. Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense
  • § 576. Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and forest improvement work
  • § 576a. Authorization of appropriation for reforestation
  • § 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
  • § 576c. Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund; establishment; duration; authorization of appropriations
  • § 576d. Expenditure of Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund moneys; availability of moneys from other sources unaffected
  • § 576e. Repealed.]
  • § 577. Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation
  • § 577a. Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging
  • § 577b. Preserving water level of lakes and streams of public lands in northern Minnesota; reservoirs; water power
  • § 577c. Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota
  • § 577d. Boundary limits of additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota
  • § 577d-1. Extension to other sections of land
  • § 577e. Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands
  • § 577f. Exchange of lands
  • § 577g. Payment for additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota
  • § 577g-1. Payment to State of Minnesota for extension to other sections of land
  • § 577h. Authorization of appropriations; limitation on amount for purchase of additional lands, water or interests therein; availability of other funds; annual report to Congress
  • §§ 578 to 579. Omitted
  • § 579a. Operation of aerial facilities and services
  • § 579b. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; transfer; capitalization; advance payments credited
  • § 579c. Availability of funds received from forfeitures, judgments, compromises, or settlements
  • § 579d. Indirect expenditures; future budget justifications
  • § 580. Use of Forest Service appropriations for repair, etc. of equipment; rental of fire control equipment to non-Federal agencies
  • § 580a. Sale and distribution of supplies, equipment, and materials to other Government activities and to cooperating State and private agencies; reimbursement
  • § 580b. Forest Service telephone lines; correction of inductive interference
  • § 580c. Purchases of experimental materials, special devices, test models, etc.
  • § 580d. Use of Forest Service structures or improvements and land by public and private agencies, etc.; terms
  • § 580e. Services furnished persons attending Forest Service demonstrations and users of national forest resources and recreational facilities; rate of charges; disposition of moneys
  • § 580f. Telephones for official use in private residences
  • § 580g. Seeding leased range land; conditions and limitations
  • § 580h. Range improvements from appropriated funds
  • § 580i. Acquisition of winter range, land, and helicopter landing site
  • § 580j. Injury benefits for temporary employees
  • § 580k. Grazing advisory boards
  • § 580l. Permits for grazing livestock on national forests
  • § 580m. Development of reservoir areas for future resources of timber; Congressional declaration of policy
  • § 580n. Protection and development of forest or other vegetative cover; establishment and maintenance of conservation measures; coordination of programs and policies
  • § 580o. Forest Service appropriations
  • § 580p. “Woodsy Owl” and “Smokey Bear” characters and names; definitions
  • § 580p-1. Property of the United States
  • § 580p-2. Deposit of fees collected under regulations relating to “Smokey Bear”; availability
  • § 580p-3. Use of royalty fees; special account
  • § 580p-4. Injunction against unauthorized manufacture, use, or reproduction
  • § 580q. National Tree Seed Laboratory; disposition of fees

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