16 U.S.C. § 580h — Range improvements from appropriated

Page 1084 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 580e L. 109–54, title V, § 503(g), Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 561, which also provided that the Secretary could complete any conveyance initiated before the effective date of the repeal. DEFINITION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8601, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4847, provided that: ‘‘In this subtitle [subtitle F (§§ 8601–8644) of title VIII of Pub. L. 115–334, enacting section 6591e of this title and sections 7655c and 7655d of Title 7, Agriculture, amending sections 521d, 521e, 2113a, 3851a, and 7303 of this title and section 8113 of Title 7, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this sec- tion and sections 1132 and 1642 of this title, section 7655c of Title 7, and section 1772 of Title 43, Public Lands], the term ‘National Forest System’ has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).’’ § 580e. Services furnished persons attending For- est Service demonstrations and users of na- tional forest resources and recreational fa- cilities; rate of charges; disposition of mon- eys The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to furnish persons attending Forest Service dem- onstrations, and users of national forest re- sources and recreational facilities, with meals, lodging, bedding, fuel, and other services, where such facilities are not otherwise available, at rates approximating but not less than the actual or estimated cost thereof and to deposit all moneys received therefor to the credit of the ap- propriation from which the cost thereof is paid, or a similar appropriation current at the time the moneys are received: Provided, That such re- ceipts obtained in excess of $10,000 in any one fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 8, 64 Stat. 84.) § 580f. Telephones for official use in private resi- dences Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1348 of title 31, appropriations for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service shall be available to pay for telephone service in- stalled in residences of employees and of persons cooperating with the Forest Service who reside within or near such lands when such installation is determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be needed in protecting such lands: Provided, That in addition to the monthly local service charge, the Government may pay only such tolls or other charges as are required strictly for the public business. (Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 85–464, § 6, June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 217.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Section 1348 of title 31’’ substituted in text for ‘‘sec- tion 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912, as amended (31 U.S.C. 679)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. AMENDMENTS 1958—Pub. L. 85–464 inserted ‘‘and other lands admin- istered by the Forest Service’’ after ‘‘forests’’, and sub- stituted ‘‘residences of employees’’ for ‘‘residences of seasonal employees’’, and ‘‘such lands’’ for ‘‘the na- tional forests’’ in two places. § 580g. Seeding leased range land; conditions and limitations Whenever such action is deemed to be in the public interest, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay from any appropriation avail- able for the protection and management of the national forests all or any part of the cost of leasing, seeding, and protective fencing of public range land (other than national forest land) and privately owned land intermingled with or adja- cent to national forest or other land adminis- tered by the Forest Service, if the use of the land to be seeded is controlled by the Forest Service under a lease or agreement which in the judgment of the Chief of the Forest Service gives the Forest Service control over the land for a sufficient period to justify such expendi- tures: Provided, That payment may not be made under authority of this section for the seeding of more than one thousand acres in any one private ownership: Provided further, That payment may not be made under authority of this section for the seeding of more than twenty-five thousand acres in any one fiscal year: Provided further, That the period of any lease under this author- ity may not exceed twenty years. (Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 11, 64 Stat. 85.) § 580h. Range improvements from appropriated funds Of the moneys received from grazing fees by the Treasury from each national forest during each fiscal year there shall be available at the end thereof when appropriated by Congress an amount equivalent to 2 cents per animal-month for sheep and goats and 10 cents per animal- month for other kinds of livestock under permit on such national forest during the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins, which appro- priated amount shall be available until expended on such national forest, under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, for (1) artificial revegetation, including the col- lection or purchase of necessary seed; (2) con- struction and maintenance of drift or division fences and stock-watering places, bridges, cor- rals, driveways, or other necessary range im- provements; (3) control of range-destroying ro- dents; or (4) eradication of poisonous plants and noxious weeds, in order to protect or improve the future productivity of the range. (Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 12, 64 Stat. 85.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SAVINGS PROVISION Provisions of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, not to be construed as affecting the distribution of live- stock grazing revenues to local governments under this section, see section 701(j) of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands. § 580i. Acquisition of winter range, land, and hel- icopter landing site There are authorized to be appropriated—