16 U.S.C. § 572 — Cooperation between Secretary of Agri-

Page 1069 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 572 May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 149. June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 442. July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 411. July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 679. July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 421. June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 545. June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 954. Provisions similar to former section 571b of this title were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: July 1, 1957, Pub. L. 85–77, title II, 71 Stat. 270. June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title II, 70 Stat. 268. June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title II, 69 Stat. 153. June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title I, 68 Stat. 309. July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 213. July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 343. Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 233. Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. VI, title I, 64 Stat. 667. June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 339. June 19, 1948, ch. 543, 62 Stat. 520. July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 523. June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 283. May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 152. § 571c. Erection of permanent facilities on land not owned by United States; long term leases Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law and without regard to sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40, but within the limitations of cost other- wise applicable, appropriations of the Forest Service may be expended for the erection of buildings, lookout towers, and other structures on land owned by States, counties, municipali- ties, or other political subdivisions, corpora- tions, or individuals: Provided, That prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right to remove any such structure within a reasonable time after the termination of the right to use the land. (Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 1, 64 Stat. 82.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40’’ substituted in text for ‘‘section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. § 572. Cooperation between Secretary of Agri- culture and public or private agencies in working land under State or private owner- ship (a) Payment of expenses by interested parties; work contemplated The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, where the public interest justifies, to cooperate with or assist public and private agencies, orga- nizations, institutions, and persons in per- forming work on land in State, county, munic- ipal, or private ownership, situated within or near a national forest, for which the admin- istering agency, owner, or other interested party deposits in one or more payments a sufficient sum to cover the total estimated cost of the work to be done for the benefit of the depositor, for administration, protection, improvement, re- forestation, and such other kinds of work as the Forest Service is authorized to do on lands of the United States: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable to the depositor or land-owner for any damage incident to the per- formance of such work. (b) Cooperation where national forests or lands are used by permittees Cooperation and assistance on the same basis as that authorized in subsection (a) is author- ized also in the performance of any such kinds of work in connection with the occupancy or use of the national forests or other lands administered by the Forest Service. (c) Disposition and availability of moneys; ad- vancements; adjustments Moneys deposited under this section shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is made available until ex- pended for payment of the cost of work per- formed by the Forest Service and for refunds to depositors of amounts deposited by them in ex- cess of their share of said cost: Provided, That when deposits are received for a number of simi- lar types of work on adjacent or overlapping areas, or on areas which in the aggregate are de- termined to cover a single work unit, they may be expended on such combined areas for the pur- poses for which deposited, in which event re- funds to the depositors of the total amount of the excess deposits involved will be made on a proportionate basis: Provided further, That when so provided by written agreement payment for work undertaken pursuant to this section may be made from any Forest Service appropriation available for similar types of work, and reim- bursement received from said agencies, organi- zations, institutions, or persons covering their proportionate share of the cost and the funds re- ceived as reimbursement shall be deposited to the credit of the Forest Service appropriation from which initially paid or to appropriations for similar purposes currently available at the time of deposit: Provided further, That when by the terms of a written agreement either party thereto furnishes materials, supplies, equip- ment, or services for fire emergencies in excess of its proportionate share, adjustment may be made by reimbursement or by replacement in kind of supplies, materials, and equipment con- sumed or destroyed in excess of the furnishing party’s proportionate share. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 1, 43 Stat. 1132; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 5, 64 Stat. 83.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, amended section generally to broaden the authority to permit performance of various kinds of work by the Forest Service, at the expense of interested parties, on national forests and other related lands. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries APPROPRIATIONS Appropriation of all moneys received as contribu- tions toward cooperative work under this section was made by acts Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 991; Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 483. TRUST FUNDS Classification as trust funds, appropriation and dis- bursement of funds appearing on books of Government Page 1070 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 572a as ‘‘Cooperative work, Forest Service,’’ see section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 572a. Deposits from timber purchasers to de- fray cost of scaling services The Forest Service may accept money from timber purchasers for deposit into the Treasury in the trust account, ‘‘Forest Service coopera- tive fund’’, which moneys are made available for scaling services requested by purchasers in addi- tion to those required by the Forest Service, and for refunds of amounts deposited in excess of the cost of such work. (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 210, 58 Stat. 737.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. § 573. Repealed. Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 17(a), 64 Stat. 87 Section, act May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 1, 46 Stat. 387, re- lated to water supply and sanitary systems. § 574. Damages caused private property in pro- tection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse owners of private property for dam- age or destruction thereof caused by employees of the United States in connection with the pro- tection, administration, or improvement of the national forests, payment to be made from any funds appropriated for the protection, adminis- tration, and improvement of the national for- ests: Provided, That no payment in excess of $2,500 shall be made on any such claim. (May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 2, 46 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 87–869, § 8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1962—Pub. L. 87–869 increased from $500 to $2,500 the authorization for reimbursement of owners of private property for damages caused in protection, administra- tion, and improvement of national forests. § 575. Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within na- tional forests; authorization to incur expense The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting per- sons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local au- thorities. (May 27, 1930, ch. 337, § 3, 46 Stat. 387.) § 576. Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and for- est improvement work The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish forest tree nurseries and do all other things needful in preparation for planting on na- tional forests on the scale possible under the ap- propriations authorized by section 576a of this title: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the said Secretary under other authority of law. (June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 1, 46 Stat. 527.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE The act of June 9, 1930, ch. 416, 46 Stat. 527, as amend- ed, which is classified to sections 576 to 576b of this title, is popularly known as the ‘‘Knutson-Vandenberg Act’’. § 576a. Authorization of appropriation for refor- estation There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after year ending June 30, 1934, not to exceed $400,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and operate nurseries, to collect or to purchase tree seed or young trees, to plant trees, and to do all other things necessary for reforestation by planting or seed- ing national forests and for the additional pro- tection, care, and improvement of the resulting plantations or young growth. (June 9, 1930, ch. 416, § 2, 46 Stat. 527.) § 576b. Purchasers of national-forest timber; de- posits of money in addition to payments for timber; use of deposits; seedlings and young trees for burned-over areas in national parks (a) The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her judgment such action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of na- tional-forest timber to make deposits of money in addition to the payments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United States of (1) plant- ing (including the production or purchase of young trees), (2) sowing with tree seeds (includ- ing the collection or purchase of such seeds), (3) cutting, destroying, or otherwise removing un- desirable trees or other growth, on the national- forest land cut over by the purchaser, in order to improve the future stand of timber, (4) pro- tecting and improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of the forest land on such sale area, including sale area improvement operations, maintenance and construction, re- forestation and wildlife habitat management, or (5) watershed restoration, wildlife habitat im- provement, control of insects, disease and nox- ious weeds, community protection activities, and the maintenance of forest roads, within the Forest Service region in which the timber sale occurred: Provided, That such activities may be performed through the use of contracts, forest product sales, and cooperative agreements. Such deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is appro- priated and made available until expended, to cover the cost to the United States of such tree planting, seed sowing, and forest improvement work, as the Secretary of Agriculture may di- rect. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon application of the Secretary of the Inte- rior, to furnish seedlings and/or young trees for replanting of burned-over areas in any national park.