16 U.S.C. 583j – Forest Foundation Volunteers

§ 583e

TITLE 16—CONSERVATION

shall be given not less than ten days before the
time set for such hearing, in the same manner as
provided for the original notice.
The determination made by the Secretary
having jurisdiction upon the proposals considered at any such hearing, which determination
may include the modification of the terms of
such proposals, together with the minutes or
other record of the hearing, shall be available
for public inspection during the life of any coordinated plan of management or agreement entered into in consequence of such determination.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 5, 58 Stat. 133; Pub. L.
86–507, § 1(17), June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 201.)
AMENDMENTS
1960—Pub. L. 86–507 inserted ‘‘or by certified mail’’
after ‘‘registered mail’’.

§ 583e. Remedies against private owners; jurisdiction; final orders; ‘‘owner’’ defined
In addition to any other remedy available
under existing law, upon failure of any private
owner of forest land which is subject to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this
subchapter to comply with the terms of such
agreement, or upon failure of any purchaser of
timber or other forest products from such land
to comply with the terms and conditions required by such agreement to be included in the
contract of sale, the Attorney General, at the
request of the Secretary concerned, is authorized to institute against such owner or such purchaser a proceeding in equity in the proper district court of the United States, to require compliance with the terms and conditions of said cooperative agreement; and jurisdiction is conferred upon said district courts to hear and determine such proceedings, to order compliance
with the terms and conditions of cooperative
agreements entered into pursuant to this subchapter, and to make such temporary and final
orders as shall be deemed just in the premises.
As used in this section the term ‘‘owner’’ shall
include the heirs, successors, and assigns of the
landowner entering into the cooperative agreements.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 6, 58 Stat. 134.)
§ 583f. ‘‘Federally owned or administered forest
land’’ defined
Whenever used in this subchapter, the term
‘‘federally owned or administered forest land’’
shall be construed to mean forest land in which,
or in the natural resources of which, the United
States has a legal or equitable interest of any
character sufficient to entitle the United States
to control the management or disposition of the
timber or other forest products thereon, except
land heretofore or hereafter reserved or withdrawn for purposes which are inconsistent with
the exercise of the authority conferred by this
subchapter; and shall include trust or restricted
Indian land, whether tribal or allotted, except
that such land shall not be included without the
consent of the Indians concerned.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 7, 58 Stat. 134.)

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§ 583g. Rules and regulations; delegation of powers and duties
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may severally prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Each Secretary may delegate any of his
powers and duties under this subchapter to
other officers or employees of his Department.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 8, 58 Stat. 134.)
§ 583h. Prior acts as affecting or affected by subchapter
Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be
construed to abrogate or curtail any authority
conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture or
the Secretary of the Interior by any Act relating
to management of federally owned or administered forest lands, and nothing contained in any
such Acts shall be construed to limit or restrict
any authority conferred upon the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior by
this subchapter.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 9, 58 Stat. 134.)
§ 583i. Authorization of appropriations
Funds available for the protection or management of Federally owned or administered forest
land within the unit concerned may also be expended in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, and there are authorized to be appropriated such additional sums for the purposes of
this subchapter as the Congress may from time
to time deem necessary, but such additional
sums shall not exceed $150,000 for the Department of Agriculture and $50,000 for the Department of the Interior, for any fiscal year.
(Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 146, § 10, 58 Stat. 135.)
SUBCHAPTER V—FOREST FOUNDATION
§ 583j. Establishment and purposes of Foundation
(a) Establishment
There is established the National Forest Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) as a charitable and nonprofit corporation
domiciled in the District of Columbia.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of the Foundation are to—
(1) encourage, accept, and administer private
gifts of money, and of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with,
the activities and services of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture;
(2) undertake and conduct activities that
further the purposes for which units of the National Forest System are established and are
administered and that are consistent with approved forest plans; and
(3) undertake, conduct and encourage educational, technical and other assistance, and
other activities that support the multiple use,
research, cooperative forestry and other programs administered by the Forest Service.
(c) Limitation and conflicts of interests
(1) The Foundation shall not participate or intervene in a political campaign on behalf of any
candidate for public office.