§ 579c. — Availability of funds received from forfeitures, judgments, compromises, or settlements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC579c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 579c. Availability of funds received from forfeitures,
judgments, compromises, or settlements
Any moneys received by the United States with respect to lands under
the administration of the Forest Service (1) as a result of the
forfeiture of a bond or deposit by a permittee or timber purchaser for
failure to complete performance of improvement, protection, or
rehabilitation work required under the permit or timber sale contract or
(2) as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of any claim,
involving present or potential damage to lands or improvements, shall be
covered into the Treasury and are hereby appropriated and made available
until expended to cover the cost to the United States of any
improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on lands under the
administration of the Forest Service rendered necessary by the action
which led to the forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement:
Provided, That any portion of the moneys so received in excess of the
amount expended in performing the work necessitated by the action which
led to their receipt shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts.
(Pub. L. 85-464, Sec. 7, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.)
