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16 U.S.C. § 558b — Definition of Secretaries
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In this Act, the term “Secretaries” means each of—
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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In this Act, the term “Secretaries” means each of—
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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The Secretaries are authorized to recruit, train, and accept without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations the services of individuals without compensation as volunteers for or in aid of recreation access, trail construction or maintenance, facility construction or maintenance, educational uses (including outdoor classroom construction or maintenance), interpretive functions, visitor services, conservation measures and development, or other activities in and related to areas administered by the Secretaries. In carrying out this section, the Secretaries shall consider referrals of prospective volunteers made by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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The purpose of this Act is to leverage volunteer engagement to supplement projects that are carried out by the Secretaries to fulfill the missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and are accomplished with appropriated funds.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 558b
Stat. 175; Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d), Sept. 21, 1993,
107 Stat. 921; Pub. L. 114–245, § 4(d)(1), Nov. 28, 2016, 130
Stat. 992. Pub. L. 92–300 was subsequently amended gen-
erally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138
Stat. 2913, including an amendment to provide that the
Act be cited as the Volunteers in the National Forests
and Public Lands Act. Pub. L. 92–300 is shown herein,
however, as having been added by Pub. L. 118–234 with-
out reference to those intervening amendments because
of the extensive revision of Pub. L. 92–300 by Pub. L.
118–234.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 558a, Pub. L. 92–300, § 1, May 18, 1972,
86 Stat. 147; Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d), Sept. 21,
1993, 107 Stat. 921, authorized the Secretary of Agri-
culture to recruit, train, and accept volunteers in the
National Forests Program, prior to the general amend-
ment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of
1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
A prior section 2 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86
Stat. 147, was classified to section 558b of this title,
prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in
the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 92–300, § 1, as added by Pub. L. 118–234, title
III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, provided that: ‘‘This
Act [enacting this section and sections 558b to 558g of
this title] may be cited as the ‘Volunteers in the Na-
tional Forests and Public Lands Act’.’’
[For prior section 1 of Pub. L. 92–300, see Prior Provi-
sions note above.]
Pub. L. 92–300, § 5, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, provided
that Pub. L. 92–300, which enacted former sections 558a
to 558d of this title, could be cited as the
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