§ 563. — Cooperation with States for fire protection on private or State forest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC563]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 563. Cooperation with States for fire protection on private
or State forest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, and on such conditions
as he deems wise, to stipulate and agree with any State or group of
States to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of a system of
fire protection on any private or State forest lands within such State
or States and situated upon the watershed of a navigable river. No such
stipulation or agreement shall be made with any State which has not
provided by law for a system of forest-fire protection. In no case shall
the amount expended in any State exceed in any fiscal year the amount
appropriated by that State for the same purpose during the same fiscal
year.
(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 961.)
Fiscal Year Transition Period of July 1, 1976, Through September 30,
1976, Deemed Fiscal Year for Purposes of Matching Requirements
Fiscal year transition period of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30,
1976, deemed fiscal year for purposes of this section relating to
matching requirements, see section 202(1) of Pub. L. 94-274, Apr. 21,
1976, 90 Stat. 390, set out as a note under section 2652 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
