16 USC 572 (Granger Thye Act)

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[CITE: 16USC572]

TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 572. Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and
public or private agencies in working land under State or
private ownership

(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, organizations, institutions, and persons in performing work on
land in State, county, municipal, or private ownership, situated within
or near a national forest, for which the administering 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,
reforestation, 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 performance 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) of this section is authorized 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; advancements; adjustments

Moneys deposited under this section shall be covered into the
Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is made available
until expended for payment of the cost of work performed by the Forest
Service and for refunds to depositors of amounts deposited by them in
excess of their share of said cost: Provided, That when deposits are
received for a number of similar types of work on adjacent or
overlapping areas, or on areas which in the aggregate are determined to
cover a single work unit, they may be expended on such combined areas
for the purposes for which deposited, in which event refunds 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 reimbursement received from said agencies,
organizations, institutions, or persons covering their proportionate
share of the cost and the funds received 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, equipment, 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 consumed or
destroyed in excess of the furnishing party's proportionate share.

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 1132; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97,
Sec. 5, 64 Stat. 83.)

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.

Appropriations

Appropriation of all moneys received as contributions 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 disbursement of
funds appearing on books of Government as ``Cooperative work, Forest
Service,'' see section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance.