§ 539f. — Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC539f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 539f. Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands
(a) Permits for organization camps; waiver of charges; performance of
services; loss of entitlement
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Agriculture is directed to waive annually without charge all or a
portion of payment or rental fees required under terms of a permit for
use of certain lands of the National Forest System as organization camps
by local units of the Boy Scouts of America or such other nonprofit
organization when such local units of the Boy Scouts of America or such
nonprofit organization are willing to perform services, as the Secretary
prescribes and determines will yield a valuable benefit to the public
and to the program of the Secretary of such lands. If the Secretary
determines that a local unit of the Boy Scouts of America or such other
nonprofit organization has not fully performed such services, such
organization shall not be entitled in the subsequent year to waiver
under the provisions of this section.
(b) ``Other nonprofit organization'' defined
The term ``other nonprofit organization'' shall mean (1) a nonprofit
organization holding an exemption under section 501(c) of title 26; and
(2) a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation, which is not
controlled or owned by profitmaking corporations or business
enterprises, and which is engaged in public or semipublic activity to
further public health, safety, or welfare.
(Pub. L. 98-478, Sec. 3, Oct. 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 2216; Pub. L. 99-514,
Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
Amendments
1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal Revenue
Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', which for purposes
of codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus requiring no change
in text.
