US LAWS, STATUTES & CODES ON-LINE
US SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 551. — Protection of national forests; rules and regulations.
- § 551a. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States and political subdivisions in law enforcement.
- § 551b. — Omitted.
- § 551c. — Planning for fire protection.
- § 552. — Consent to agreement by States for conservation of forests and water supply.
- § 552a. — Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation.
- § 552b. — Administration of withdrawn lands; rules and regulations.
- § 552c. — Reimbursement of United States for loss of revenue.
- § 552d. — Punishment of violations of regulations.
- § 553. — Duties of officials of Forest Service; stock laws; protection of fish and game.
- § 553a. — Repealed.
- § 554. — Forest supervisors and rangers.
- § 554a. — Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations.
- § 554b. — Medical care for employees engaged in hazardous work; notification and transportation of employees.
- § 554c. — Care of employees' graves.
- § 554d. — Recreation facilities for employees of Forest Service and their immediate families.
- § 554e. — Employment of workers for emergencies.
- § 555. — Forest headquarters, ranger stations, dwellings, or other needed sites.
- § 555a. — Exchange of lands.
- § 555b. — Street improvements; availability of Forest Service funds.
- § 556. — Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication of newspaper or magazine articles.
- § 556a. — Omitted.
- § 556b. — Use of appropriations for expenses of transporting automobiles of employees between points in Alaska.
- § 556c. — Reimbursement of employees for property losses resulting from fires, floods, or other casualties.
- § 556d. — Advances of public moneys to Forest Service for fighting forest fires in emergency cases.
- § 556e. — Emergency appropriations for rehabilitation and wildfire suppression.
- § 556f. — Expenses of student interns.
- § 556g. — Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees.
- § 556h. — Recognition of private contributors to Forest Service programs.
- § 557. — Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention.
- § 557a. — Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation.
- § 557b, 558. — Omitted or Repealed.
- § 558a. — Volunteers in the National Forests Program.
- § 558b. — Incidental expenses of program volunteers.
- § 558c. — Employment status of volunteers.
- § 558d. — Authorization of appropriations.
- § 559. — Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations.
- § 559a. — Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction for violating laws and regulations.
- § 559b. — Prevention of manufacture, etc., of marijuana and other controlled substances.
- § 559c. — Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service.
- § 559d. — Cooperation with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
- § 559e. — Forest Service authorization.
- § 559f. — Approval of Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General.
- § 559g. — Designation authority of Secretary of Agriculture.
- § 560. — Use of timber for telephone lines for fire protection.
- § 560a, 561. — Omitted or Repealed.
- § 562. — Forest experiment station in California.
- § 562a. — Forest experiment station in Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.
- § 562b. — Forest experiment station in Pennsylvania.
- § 563. — Cooperation with States for fire protection on private or State forest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers.
- § 564, 565. — Repealed.
- § 565a. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories.
- § 565a-1. — Cooperative agreements between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs; authority; funding.
- § 565a-2. — Federal employee status of cooperators.
- § 565a-3. — Agreements otherwise authorized by law.
- § 565b. — Transfer of fire lookout towers and other improvements for fire control to States, political subdivisions or agencies; reversion.
- § 566, 566a. — Repealed.
- § 566b. — Annual appropriations; limitation on use of other funds for the purposes of sections 564, 565, and 566.
- § 567. — Repealed.
- § 567a. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in acquisition and administration of State forests.
- § 567b. — Conditions and requirements for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests.
- § 567c. — Authorization of appropriation for cooperation in acquisition and management of State forests.
- § 568. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations.
- § 568a. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions.
- § 568b to 568g. — Repealed or Omitted.
- § 569. — Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes.
- § 570. — Ascertainment by Secretary of Agriculture of public lands valuable for streamflow protection and report thereof.
- § 571 to 571b. — Repealed or Omitted.
- § 571c. — Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases.
- § 572. — Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies in working land under State or private ownership.
- § 572a. — Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of scaling services.
- § 573. — Repealed.
- § 574. — Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement.
- § 575. — Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense.
- § 576. — Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and forest improvement work.
- § 576a. — Authorization of appropriation for reforestation.
- § 576b. — Purchasers of nationalforest timber; deposits of money in addition to payments for timber; use of deposits; seedlings and young trees for burnedover areas in national parks.
- § 576c. — Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund; establishment; duration; authorization of appropriations.
- § 576d. — Expenditure of Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund moneys; availability of moneys from other sources unaffected.
- § 576e. — Repealed.
- § 577. — Public lands in northern Minnesota; withdrawal from entry and appropriation.
- § 577a. — Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging.
- § 577b. — Preserving water level of lakes and streams of public lands in northern Minnesota; reservoirs; water power.
- § 577c. — Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota.
- § 577d. — Boundary limits of additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota.
- § 577d-1. — Extension to other sections of land.
- § 577e. — Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands.
- § 577f. — Exchange of lands.
- § 577g. — Payment for additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota.
- § 577g-1. — Payment to State of Minnesota for extension to other sections of land.
- § 577h. — Authorization of appropriations; limitation on amount for purchase of additional lands, water or interests therein; availability of other funds; annual report to Congress.
- § 578 to 579. — Omitted.
- § 579a. — Operation of aerial facilities and services.
- § 579b. — Working capital fund; establishment; availability; transfer; capitalization; advance payments credited.
- § 579c. — Availability of funds received from forfeitures, judgments, compromises, or settlements.
- § 579d. — Indirect expenditures; future budget justifications.
- § 580. — Use of Forest Service appropriations for repair, etc. of equipment; rental of fire control equipment to nonFederal agencies.
- § 580a. — Sale and distribution of supplies, equipment, and materials to other Government activities and to cooperating State and private agencies; reimbursement.
- § 580b. — Forest Service telephone lines; correction of inductive interference.
- § 580c. — Purchases of experimental materials, special devices, test models, etc.
- § 580d. — Use of Forest Service structures or improvements and land by public and private agencies, etc.; terms.
- § 580e. — Services furnished persons attending Forest Service demonstrations and users of national forest resources and recreational facilities; rate of charges; disposition of moneys.
- § 580f. — Telephones for official use in private residences.
- § 580g. — Seeding leased range land; conditions and limitations.
- § 580h. — Range improvements from appropriated funds.
- § 580i. — Acquisition of winter range, land, and helicopter landing site.
- § 580j. — Injury benefits for temporary employees.
- § 580k. — Grazing advisory boards.
- § 580l. — Permits for grazing livestock on national forests.
- § 580m. — Development of reservoir areas for future resources of timber; Congressional declaration of policy.
- § 580n. — Protection and development of forest or other vegetative cover; establishment and maintenance of conservation measures; coordination of programs and policies.
- § 580o. — Forest Service appropriations.
- § 580p. — "Woodsy Owl" and "Smokey Bear" characters and names; definitions.
- § 580p-1. — Property of the United States.
- § 580p-2. — Deposit of fees collected under regulations relating to "Smokey Bear"; availability.
- § 580p-3. — Use of royalty fees; special account.
- § 580p-4. — Injunction against unauthorized manufacture, use, or reproduction.
- § 580q. — National Tree Seed Laboratory; disposition of fees.