§ 556. — Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication of newspaper or magazine articles.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC556]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 556. Appropriations for Forest Service; use for
transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication
of newspaper or magazine articles
No part of any funds appropriated for the Forest Service shall be
used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest
officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected
with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and
objects specified and authorized by law; nor shall any such funds be
paid or used for the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the
preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but
this shall not prevent the giving out to all persons, without
discrimination, including newspapers and magazine writers and
publishers, of any facts or official information of value to the public:
Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to scientific or
technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.
(May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 85-464, Sec. 8, June 20,
1958, 72 Stat. 218.)
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-464 made prohibition inapplicable to scientific or
technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.
