§579f — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Forest Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund in the Treasury. The Chief of the Forest Service may move unused money into it from expired discretionary accounts and from discretionary no‑year accounts at least four years old that the Chief finds no longer needed, if those funds were appropriated from the Treasury general fund for this or any succeeding fiscal year. Money in the fund is available until spent and can be used, with OMB approval, for IT; administrative costs like utilities and leases; facility maintenance, improvement, or construction; and road maintenance. No money may be obligated without written notice to and prior approval from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees under the Act’s reprogramming rules.

Title 16, §579f

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the “Forest Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund” (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds, and discretionary no-year funds at least four years old and deemed by the Chief of the Forest Service no longer needed for their intended purpose, appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the general fund of the Treasury to the Forest Service by this or any other Act may be transferred into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available, for information technology; administrative expenses such as, but not limited to, utility and lease payments; facilities infrastructure maintenance, improvements, and construction; and roads infrastructure maintenance, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may not be obligated without written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

“This Act”, referred to in text, means div. E of Pub. L. 118–42, Mar. 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 220, see Definitions note set out below. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definition of “this Act” as used in this section, see section 3 of Pub. L. 118–42, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 1, General Provisions.

§579f Forest Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund