Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§490 Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 490
Summary
Agriculture Secretary may require timber buyers to deposit estimated debris‑removal costs into Treasury as special fund until spent; excess transfers to miscellaneous receipts, forest‑reserve fund, credited that year.
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Title 16, §490
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Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the year in which such transfer is made.
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1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, covered excess deposits into miscellaneous receipts instead of returning them to the depositors as was formerly the practice.
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16 U.S.C. § 490
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73