Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§565a–2 Federal employee status of cooperators
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 565a–2
Summary
When the Forest Service and a cooperator make an agreement, the cooperator and its workers may do work under Forest Service supervision in emergencies or whenever both sides agree. They are not federal employees except for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 and chapter 81 of title 5.
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Title 16, §565a–2
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In any agreement authorized by section 565a–1 of this title, cooperators and their employees may perform cooperative work under supervision of the Forest Service in emergencies or otherwise as mutually agreed to, but shall not be deemed to be Federal employees other than for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 and chapter 81 of title 5.
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16 U.S.C. § 565a–2
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73