Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§501 Expenditures From Receipts for Roads and Trails; Cooperation with State Authorities; Evaluation of Receipts
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 501
Summary
Since Mar. 4, 1913, ten percent of yearly national‑forest receipts must fund roads and trails in the states where the money came from, and the Secretary may cooperate with state authorities; sums from sales use the stumpage value.
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Title 16, §501
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On or after Mar. 4, 1913, ten per centum of all moneys received from the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a part. In sales of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for schools and roads by this section shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 444.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 412.
July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 680.
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 423.
Amendments
1944—Act Sept. 21, 1944, inserted sentence relating to stumpage value of the timber.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Savings Provision
Provisions of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, not to be construed as affecting the distribution of livestock grazing revenues to local governments under this section, see section 701(j) of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 501
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102