Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§552c Reimbursement of United States for Loss of Revenue
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 552c
Summary
A municipality must pay the Forest Service annually if it objects and the Secretary withholds resources from national-forest lands withdrawn under sections 552a–552d. Secretary sets payment to reimburse U.S. for lost net revenues.
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Title 16, §552c
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Whenever national-forest lands are withdrawn under sections 552a to 552d of this title, and the municipality concerned objects to the utilization of the timber or other resources of lands withdrawn, and the Secretary of Agriculture agrees to withhold such resources from utilization, said municipality shall pay to the Forest Service annually an amount which the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine is necessary to reimburse the United States for the loss of net annual revenues which would be derived from the resources so withheld from disposition.
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16 U.S.C. § 552c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102