§ 501. — Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC501]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 501. Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails;
cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts
On or after Mar. 4, 1913, ten per centum of all moneys received from
the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available at the
end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the
construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national
forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the
Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction
and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the
proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system
of highways of which such roads may be made a part. In sales of logs,
ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the
amounts made available for schools and roads by this section shall be
based upon the stumpage value of the timber.
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, Sec. 1[part], 37 Stat. 843; Sept. 21, 1944, ch.
412, title II, Sec. 212, 58 Stat. 737.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
following prior appropriation acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 444.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 412.
July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 680.
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 423.
Amendments
1944--Act Sept. 21, 1944, inserted sentence relating to stumpage
value of the timber.
Savings Provision
Provisions of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Pub.
L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, not to be construed as
affecting the distribution of livestock grazing revenues to local
governments under this section, see section 701(j) of Pub. L. 94-579,
set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 472a, 499, 508b of this
title.
