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42 U.S.C. § 5188 — Timber sale contracts
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**(a) Cost-sharing arrangement** Where an existing timber sale contract between the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior and a timber purchaser does not provide relief from major physical change not due to negligence of the purchaser prior to approval of construction of any section of specified road or of any other specified development facility and, as a result of a major disaster, a major physical change results in additional construction work in connection with such road or facility by such purchaser with an estimated cost, as determined by the appropriate Secretary, (1) of more than $1,000 for sales under one million board feet, (2) of more than $1 per thousand board feet for sales of one to three million board feet, or (3) of more than $3,000 for sales over three million board feet, such increased construction cost shall be borne by the United States.
**(b) Cancellation of authority** If the appropriate Secretary determines that damages are so great that restoration, reconstruction, or construction is not practical under the cost-sharing arrangement authorized by subsection (a) of this section, he may allow cancellation of a contract entered into by his Department notwithstanding contrary provisions therein.
**(c) Public notice of sale** The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reduce to seven days the minimum period of advance public notice required by section 476 11 See References in Text note below. of title 16, in connection with the sale of timber from national forests, whenever the Secretary determines that (1) the sale of such timber will assist in the construction of any area of a State damaged by a major disaster, (2) the sale of such timber will assist in sustaining the economy of such area, or (3) the sale of such timber is ne
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**(a) Cost-sharing arrangement** Where an existing timber sale contract between the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior and a timber purchaser does not provide relief from major physical change not due to negligence of the purchaser prior to approval of construction of any section of specified road or of any other specified development facility and, as a result of a major disaster, a major physical change results in additional construction work in connection with such road or facility by such purchaser with an estimated cost, as determined by the appropriate Secretary, (1) of more than $1,000 for sales under one million board feet, (2) of more than $1 per thousand board feet for sales of one to three million board feet, or (3) of more than $3,000 for sales over three million board feet, such increased construction cost shall be borne by the United States.
**(b) Cancellation of authority** If the appropriate Secretary determines that damages are so great that restoration, reconstruction, or construction is not practical under the cost-sharing arrangement authorized by subsection (a) of this section, he may allow cancellation of a contract entered into by his Department notwithstanding contrary provisions therein.
**(c) Public notice of sale** The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reduce to seven days the minimum period of advance public notice required by section 476 11 See References in Text note below. of title 16, in connection with the sale of timber from national forests, whenever the Secretary determines that (1) the sale of such timber will assist in the construction of any area of a State damaged by a major disaster, (2) the sale of such timber will assist in sustaining the economy of such area, or (3) the sale of such timber is necessary to salvage the value of timber damaged in such major disaster or to protect undamaged timber.
**(d) State grants for removal of damaged timber; reimbursement of expenses limited to salvage value of removed timber** The President, when he determines it to be in the public interest, is authorized to make grants to any State or local government for the purpose of removing from privately owned lands timber damaged as a result of a major disaster, and such State or local government is authorized upon application, to make payments out of such grants to any person for reimbursement of expenses actually incurred by such person in the removal of damaged timber, not to exceed the amount that such expenses exceed the salvage value of such timber.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 35; June 9, 1900, ch. 804, 31 Stat. 661; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628; June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. 684; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 3, 43 Stat. 1132; May 27, 1952, ch. 337, 66 Stat. 95, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from national forests. See [section 472a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section472a&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Validation of Timber Sales Contracts
Pub. L. 94–588, § 15, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2960, provided that: “(a) Timber sales made pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35, as amended; [16 U.S.C. 476](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section476&num=0&edition=prelim)), prior to the date of enactment of this section [Oct. 22, 1976] shall not be invalid if the timber was sold in accord with Forest Service silvicultural practices and sales procedures in effect at the time of the sale, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. “(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is directed, in developing five-year operating plans under the provisions of existing fifty-year timber sales contracts in Alaska, to revise such contracts to make them consistent with the guidelines and standards provided for in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended [[16 U.S.C. 1600](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1600&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and to reflect such revisions in the contract price of timber. Any such action shall not be inconsistent with valid contract rights approved by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.”
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The President is authorized during, or in anticipation of, an emergency or major disaster to establish temporary communications systems and to make such communications available to State and local government officials and other persons as he deems appropriate.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5186
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 418 of Pub. L. 93–288 was renumbered
section 421 by Pub. L. 100–707 and is classified to section
5188 of this title.
§ 5186. Emergency public transportation
The President is authorized to provide tem-
porary public transportation service in an area
affected by a major disaster to meet emergency
needs and to provide transportation to govern-
mental offices, supply centers, stores, post of-
fices, schools, major employment centers, and
such other places as may be necessary in order
to enable the community to resume its normal
pattern of life as soon as possible.
(Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 419, formerly § 416, May
22, 1974, 88 Stat. 158; renumbered § 419, Pub. L.
100–707, title I, § 106(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat.
4705.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 419 of Pub. L. 93–288 was classified to
section 5189 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L.
100–707.
§ 5187. Fire management assistance
(a) In general
The President is authorized to provide assist-
ance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and
personnel, to any State or local government for
the mitigation, management, and control of any
fire on public or private forest land or grassland
that threatens such destruction as would con-
stitute a major disaster.
(b) Coordination with State and tribal depart-
ments of forestry
In providing assistance under this section, the
President shall coordinate with State and tribal
departments of forestry.
(c) Essential assistance
In providing assistance under this section, the
President may use the authority provided under
section 5170b of this title.
(d) Hazard mitigation assistance
Whether or not a major disaster is declared
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