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[CITE: 16USC565a-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 565a-1. Cooperative agreements between Secretary of 
        Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, 
        institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs; 
        authority; funding
        
    To facilitate the administration of the programs and activities of 
the Forest Service, the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter 
into cooperative agreements with public or private agencies, 
organizations, institutions, or persons to construct, operate, and 
maintain cooperative pollution abatement equipment and facilities, 
including sanitary landfills, water systems, and sewer systems; to 
engage in cooperative manpower and job training and development 
programs; to develop and publish cooperative environmental education and 
forest history materials; and to perform forestry protection, including 
fire protection, timber stand improvement, debris removal, and thinning 
of trees. The Secretary may enter into aforesaid agreements when he 
determines that the public interest will be benefited and that there 
exists a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. In such 
cooperative arrangements, the Secretary is authorized to advance or 
reimburse funds to cooperators from any Forest Service appropriation 
available for similar kinds of work or by furnishing or sharing 
materials, supplies, facilities, or equipment without regard to the 
provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, relating to the 
advance of public moneys.

(Pub. L. 94-148, Sec. 1, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 804.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted in text for 
``the Act of January 31, 1823 (Rev. Stat. 3648, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 
529)'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and 
Finance.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 565a-2, 565a-3 of this 
title.
