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16 U.S.C. § 551 — Protection of national forests; rules and regulations
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall make provisions for the protection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the public forests and national forests which may have been set aside or which may be hereafter set aside under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction; and any violation of the provisions of this section, sections 473 to 478 and 479 to 482 of this title or such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate judge specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401(b) to (e) of title 18.
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall make provisions for the protection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the public forests and national forests which may have been set aside or which may be hereafter set aside under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction; and any violation of the provisions of this section, sections 473 to 478 and 479 to 482 of this title or such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate judge specially designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401(b) to (e) of title 18.
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**(a)** The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that—
(1) the public lands be retained in Federal ownership, unless as a result of the land use planning procedure provided for in this Act, it is determined that disposal of a particular parcel will serve the national interest;
(2) the national interest will be best realized if the public lands and their resources are periodically and systematically inventoried and their present and future use is projected through a land use planning process coordinated with other Federal and State planning efforts;
(3) public lands not previously designated for any specific use and all existing classifications of public lands that were effected by executive action or statute before October 21, 1976, be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(4) the Congress exercise its constitutional authority to withdraw or otherwise designate or dedicate Federal lands for specified purposes and that Congress delineate the extent to which the Executive may withdraw lands without legislative action;
(5) in administering public land statutes and exercising discretionary authority granted by them, the Secretary be required to establish comprehensive rules and regulations after considering the views of the general public; and to structure adjudication procedures to assure adequate third party participation, objective administrative review of initial decisions, and expeditious decisionmaking;
(6) judicial review of public land adjudication decisions be provided by law;
(7) goals and objectives be established by law as guidelines for public land use planning, and that management be on the basis of multiple use and sustained yield unless otherwise specified by law;
(8) the public lands be managed in a manner t
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**(a) Investigations, studies, and experiments** The Secretary may conduct investigations, studies, and experiments, on his own initiative or in cooperation with others, involving the management, protection, development, acquisition, and conveying of the public lands.
**(b) Contracts and cooperative agreements** Subject to the provisions of applicable law, the Secretary may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements involving the management, protection, development, and sale of public lands.
**(c) Contributions and donations of money, services, and property** The Secretary may accept contributions or donations of money, services, and property, real, personal, or mixed, for the management, protection, development, acquisition, and conveying of the public lands, including the acquisition of rights-of-way for such purposes. He may accept contributions for cadastral surveying performed on federally controlled or intermingled lands. Moneys received hereunder shall be credited to a separate account in the Treasury and are hereby authorized to be appropriated and made available until expended, as the Secretary may direct, for payment of expenses incident to the function toward the administration of which the contributions were made and for refunds to depositors of amounts contributed by them in specific instances where contributions are in excess of their share of the cost.
**(d) Recruitment of volunteers** The Secretary may recruit, without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of individuals contributed without compensation as volunteers for aiding in or facilitating the activities administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management.
**(e) Restrictions on activities of volunteers** In accepting such serv
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**(a)** The judges of each United States district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United States magistrate judges in such numbers and to serve at such locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a magistrate judge appointed by the district court of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate judge were a United States district court. Where there is more than one judge of a district court, the appointment, whether an original appointment or a reappointment, shall be by the concurrence of a majority of all the judges of such district court, and when there is no such concurrence, then by the chief judge. Where the conference deems it desirable, a magistrate judge may be designated to serve in one or more districts adjoining the district for which he is appointed. Such a designation shall be made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of each of the district courts involved and shall specify the duties to be performed by the magistrate judge in the adjoining district or districts.
**(b)** No individual may be appointed or reappointed to serve as a magistrate judge under this chapter unless:
(1) He has been for at least five years a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, except that an individual who does not meet the bar membership requirements of this paragraph may be appointed and serve as a part-time magistrate judge if the appo
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 24, 26 Stat. 1103; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1271; June 25, 1910, ch. 421, § 2, 36 Stat. 847; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497; June 7, 1924, ch. 348, § 9 (first and fifth sentences), 43 Stat. 655, provided for establishment of national forests by the President, limited inclusion of lands in certain States, and authorized addition of lands suitable for production of timber.
Act Mar. 4, 1907, cited above, was not repealed by Pub. L. 94–579.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Section 704(a) of Pub. L. 94–579 provided that this section is repealed effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
#### Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see note set out under [section 1701 of Title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim), Public Lands.
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**(a) Dateline for decision; transmission to Congress, delay: notice to Congress; contents of decision; chairman, appointment; Federal inspector of construction: duties, including establishment of joint surveillance and monitoring agreement**
(1) As soon as practicable after July 1, 1977, but not later than September 1, 1977, the President shall issue a decision as to whether a transportation system for delivery of Alaska natural gas should be approved under this chapter. If he determines such a system should be so approved, his decision shall designate such a system for approval pursuant to [section 719f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section719f&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be consistent with [section 719c(b)(1)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section719c/b/1/C&num=0&edition=prelim) to assure delivery of Alaska natural gas to points both east and west of the Rocky Mountains in the continental United States. The President in making his decision shall take into consideration the Commission’s recommendation pursuant to [section 719c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section719c&num=0&edition=prelim), the report under [section 719c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section719c/c&num=0&edition=prelim), and any comments submitted under [section 719d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section719d&num=0&edition=prelim); and his decision to designate a system for approval shall be based on his determination as to which system, if any, best serves the national interest.
(2) The President, for a period of up to 90 addi
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 202, May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 174, which required the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, for areas under their respective jurisdictions, to submit annual reports to Congress on rehabilitation needs resulting from disastrous forest fire damage, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under [section 1113 of Title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1113&num=0&edition=prelim), Money and Finance. See, also, pages 47 and 108 of House Document No. 103–7.
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**(a) Administration** The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with this subchapter and the laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System.
**(b) Status** Land within the Recreation Area shall have the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the “Weeks Act”) ([16 U.S.C. 515](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section515&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(c) Law enforcement** In order to provide for a cost-effective transfer of the law enforcement responsibilities between the Forest Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the law enforcement authorities designated under [section 831c–3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section831c-3&num=0&edition=prelim) are hereby granted to special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service. The law enforcement authorities designated under [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section551&num=0&edition=prelim), [section 559 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559&num=0&edition=prelim), the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 ([16 U.S.C. 559b–559g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559b–559g&num=0&edition=prelim)) are hereby granted to law enforcement agents of the Tennessee Valley Authority, within the boundaries of the Recreation Area, for a period of 1 year from October 21, 1998.
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**(a) Administrative remedies**
(1) **Commission orders** — The Commission shall monitor activities of counties pursuant to sections 544 to 544p of this title and shall take such actions as it determines are necessary to ensure compliance.
(2) **Appeal to the Commission** — Any person or entity adversely affected by any final action or order of a county relating to the implementation of sections 544 to 544p of this title may appeal such action or order to the Commission by filing with the Commission within thirty days of such action or order, a written petition requesting that such action or order be modified, terminated, or set aside.
(3) **Civil penalties** — Any person or entity who willfully violates the management plan or any land use ordinance or any implementation measure or any order issued by the Commission pursuant to sections 544 to 544p of this title may be assessed a civil penalty by the Commission not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. No penalty may be assessed under this subsection unless such person or entity is given notice and opportunity for a public hearing with respect to such violation. The Commission may compromise, modify, or remit, with or without conditions, any penalty imposed under this subsection, taking into consideration the nature and seriousness of the violation and the efforts of the violator to remedy the violation in a timely manner.
**(b) Judicial remedies**
(1) **Civil actions to enforce sections 544 to 544p of this title**
(A) Except as otherwise limited by sections 544 to 544p of this title, the Attorney General of the United States may, at the request of the Secretary, institute a civil action for an injunction or other appropriate order to prevent any person or entity from utilizing lands within the special managemen
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall not authorize a prescribed burn on Forest Service land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the land is located, the national fire danger rating system indicates an extreme fire danger level.
**(b) Exception** The Secretary may authorize a prescribed burn under a condition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary coordinates with the applicable State government and local fire officials.
**(c) Report** At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing—
(1) the number and locations of prescribed burns during that fiscal year; and
(2) each prescribed burn during that fiscal year that was authorized by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 551
1 See References in Text note below.
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER V—FOREST FOUNDATION
583j.
Establishment and purposes of Foundation.
583j–1.
Board of Directors of Foundation.
583j–2.
Corporate powers and obligations.
583j–3.
Administrative services and support.
583j–4.
Volunteers.
583j–5.
Audits and report requirements.
583j–6.
United States release from liability.
583j–7.
Activities of Foundation and United States
Forest Service.
583j–8.
Authorization of appropriations.
583j–9.
Federal funds.
SUBCHAPTER VI—NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
TRAILS STEWARDSHIP
583k.
Findings.
583k–1.
Definitions.
583k–2.
National Forest System Trails Volunteer and
Partnership Strategy.
583k–3.
Priority trail maintenance program.
583k–4.
Cooperative agreements.
583k–5.
Stewardship credits for outfitters and guides.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 551. Protection of national forests; rules and
regulations
The Secretary of Agriculture shall make pro-
visions for the protection against destruction by
fire and depredations upon the public forests and
national forests which may have been set aside
or which may be hereafter set aside under the
provisions of section 471 1 of this title, and which
may be continued; and he may make such rules
and regulations and establish such service as
will insure the objects of such reservations,
namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and
to preserve the forests thereon from destruction;
and any violation of the provisions of this sec-
tion, sections 473 to 478 and 479 to 482 of this
title or such rules and regulations shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than $500 or impris-
onment for not more than six months, or both.
Any person charged with the violation of such
rules and regul
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