Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§579c Availability of funds received from forfeitures, judgments, compromises, or settlements
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 579c
Summary
Money the government gets from a lost bond or deposit, or from a judgment or settlement for damage to Forest Service land, must be deposited into the U.S. Treasury. Those funds are set aside to pay for the repair, protection, or cleanup work needed because of that damage and can be used until spent; any leftover money goes to miscellaneous receipts.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §579c
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Any moneys received by the United States with respect to lands under the administration of the Forest Service (1) as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or deposit by a permittee or timber purchaser for failure to complete performance of improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work required under the permit or timber sale contract or (2) as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of any claim, involving present or potential damage to lands or improvements, shall be covered into the Treasury and are hereby appropriated and made available until expended to cover the cost to the United States of any improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on lands under the administration of the Forest Service rendered necessary by the action which led to the forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement: Provided, That any portion of the moneys so received in excess of the amount expended in performing the work necessitated by the action which led to their receipt shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 579c
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73