Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§559a Reward for Information Leading to Arrest and Conviction for Violating Laws and Regulations
Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 559a
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can pay rewards from money set aside to protect and manage national forests, following rules he creates. The rewards are for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of people who set fires in or near national forests or who steal or damage Government property.
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Title 16, §559a
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The Secretary of Agriculture may pay rewards from appropriations available for the protection and management of the national forests, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for information leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Government property.
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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. § 559a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60