Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§556 Appropriations for Forest Service; Use for Transportation or Traveling Expenses; Preparation or Publication of Newspaper or Magazine Articles

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 556

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Forest Service money must not pay travel costs for any Forest Service officer or agent unless the trip is directly for official Forest Service business and helps carry out work the law allows. Those funds also must not be used to pay for preparing or publishing newspaper or magazine articles. The agency can, however, share facts or official information with anyone, including reporters and publishers, without favoring some people. Scientific or technical articles in scientific journals are allowed.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §556

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No part of any funds appropriated for the Forest Service shall be used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and objects specified and authorized by law; nor shall any such funds be paid or used for the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this shall not prevent the giving out to all persons, without discrimination, including newspapers and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or official information of value to the public: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to scientific or technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.

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Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–464 made prohibition inapplicable to scientific or technical articles prepared for or published in scientific publications.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 556

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60