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 Restoration of withdrawn national forest lands to appropriation.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 Administration of withdrawn lands; rules and regulations.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 Repealed.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 Omitted or Repealed.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