Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§538 User Fees Fund for Delayed Payments to Grantors

Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 538

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to put fees from use of Forest Service roads into a fund to pay the grantor when an agreement calls for delayed payments.

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Title 16, §538

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Whenever the agreement under which the United States has obtained for the use of, or in connection with, the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service a right-of-way or easement for a road or an existing road or the right to use an existing road provides for delayed payments to the Government’s grantor, any fees or other collections received by the Secretary for the use of the road may be placed in a fund to be available for making payments to the grantor.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 538

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102