Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§554c Care of Employees’ Graves
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 554c
Summary
Forest Service funds must pay for care of graves of employees who died fighting fires, within limits.
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Title 16, §554c
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Appropriations for the Forest Service shall be available within such limitations as may be prescribed therein for the expenses of properly caring for the graves of persons who have lost their lives as a result of fighting fires while employed by the Forest Service.
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Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
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16 U.S.C. § 554c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102