Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§558b Definition of Secretaries
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 558b
Summary
Defines "Secretaries" as the Agriculture Secretary (Forest Service) and the Interior Secretary (Bureau of Land Management).
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §558b
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In this Act, the term “Secretaries” means each of— (1)
(2)the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted sections 558a to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 558b, Pub. L. 92–300, § 2,
May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, authorized the Secretary to provide for incidental expenses to program volunteers, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234. A prior section 3 of Pub. L. 92–300,
May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was classified to section 558c of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 558b
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102