Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§2106b Use of money collected from States for fire suppression assistance
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE › § 2106b
Summary
From October 21, 1998, money States pay the Forest Service for firefighting on non‑Federal lands that are not near National Forest System lands must be used to repay the federal account that paid for the work. The money stays available until it is spent and the Secretary may direct it for activities under 16 U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §2106b
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Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall on and after October 21, 1998, be used to reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available until expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 105–83, title II, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1577. Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title II], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–208. Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title II], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–185; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. Pub. L. 103–332, title II, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2524. Pub. L. 103–138, title II, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1403. Pub. L. 102–381, title II, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1402. Pub. L. 102–154, title II, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1018. Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1943. Pub. L. 101–121, title II, Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 727. Pub. L. 100–446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1810.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 2106b
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
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