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[CITE: 16USC579b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 579b. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; 
        transfer; capitalization; advance payments credited
        
    There is established a working capital fund which shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary, including the 
purchase or construction of buildings and improvements within the 
limitations thereon set forth in the appropriations for the Forest 
Service, for furnishing supply and equipment services in support of 
programs of the Forest Service. The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to transfer to the fund, without reimbursement, and to 
capitalize in the fund at fair and reasonable values, such receivables, 
inventories, equipment, and other assets as he may determine, and assume 
the liabilities in connection with such assets: Provided, That the fund 
shall be credited with advance payments in connection with firm orders 
and reimbursements from appropriations and funds of the Forest Service, 
other departmental and Federal agencies, and from other sources, as 
authorized by law, at rates approximately equal to the cost of 
furnishing the facilities and service.

(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, Sec. 13, 70 Stat. 1034; Pub. L. 87-869, Sec. 10, 
Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)


                               Amendments

    1962--Pub. L. 87-869 struck out the $25,000,000 limitation on amount 
of capitalization in Forest Service working capital fund.
