§ 554b. — Medical care for employees engaged in hazardous work; notification and transportation of employees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC554b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 554b. Medical care for employees engaged in hazardous work;
notification and transportation of employees
Appropriations for the Forest Service shall be available for medical
supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate
relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any
hazardous work under the Forest Service, and for expenses of notifying
employees of the death or serious illness of close relatives and, in
such cases where no public transportation is available, for transporting
the employees to a point where public transportation is available.
(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, Sec. 202, 58 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 85-
464, Sec. 4, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
Codification
Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture
Organic Act of 1944.
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-464 made appropriations available for expenses of
notifying employees of the death or serious illness of close relatives,
and for transportation of employees.
