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Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§101304 Personal equipment and property

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1013— - EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 101304

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may buy personal gear and supplies for Service employees and take the cost out of salary funds or other amounts due them. The Secretary can pay back employees or other owners if horses, vehicles, or equipment are lost, damaged, or destroyed while in the care of an employee or the Department and being used for firefighting, trail work, or other official business. Payments come from the appropriation that would pay to hire that equipment. The Secretary can require field employees to supply horses, motor vehicles, and other needed gear. The Government will pay for feed, care, and housing for animals and for storage or fuel for vehicles and equipment the employees must provide. Under rules the Secretary creates, the Secretary may also hire, rent, or buy property from employees when it serves the public interest.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §101304

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(a)The Secretary may purchase personal equipment and supplies for employees of the Service and make deductions for the equipment and supplies from amounts appropriated for salary payments or otherwise due the employees.
(b)The Secretary, in the administration of the Service, may reimburse employees and other owners of horses, vehicles, and other equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed while in the custody of the employee or the Department of the Interior, under authorization, contract, or loan, for necessary firefighting, trail, or other official business. Reimbursement shall be made from any available funds in the appropriation to which the hire of the equipment would be properly chargeable.
(c)The Secretary may—
(1)require field employees of the Service to furnish horses, motor and other vehicles, and miscellaneous equipment necessary for the performance of their official work; and
(2)provide, at Federal Government expense, forage, care, and housing for animals, and housing or storage and fuel for vehicles and other equipment required to be furnished.
(d)The Secretary, under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, may authorize the hire, rental, or purchase of property from employees of the Service whenever it would promote the public interest to do so.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 101304(a)16 U.S.C. 17.May 26, 1930, ch. 324, §§ 1, 7 to 9, 46 Stat. 381, 382. 101304(b)16 U.S.C. 17f. 101304(c)16 U.S.C. 17g. 101304(d)16 U.S.C. 17h.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 101304

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73