Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§563 Cooperation with States for Fire Protection on Private or State Forest Lands Upon the Watersheds of Navigable Rivers
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 563
Summary
The Secretary may help States run fire protection on forest lands in the watershed of navigable rivers, but only with States that have a forest-fire law. Federal spending in any fiscal year cannot exceed that State’s appropriation for that purpose.
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Title 16, §563
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, to stipulate and agree with any State or group of States to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of a system of fire protection on any private or State forest lands within such State or States and situated upon the watershed of a navigable river. No such stipulation or agreement shall be made with any State which has not provided by law for a system of forest-fire protection. In no case shall the amount expended in any State exceed in any fiscal year the amount appropriated by that State for the same purpose during the same fiscal year.
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Fiscal Year Transition Period of
July 1, 1976, Through
September 30, 1976, Deemed Fiscal Year for Purposes of Matching RequirementsFiscal year transition period of
July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30, 1976, deemed fiscal year for purposes of this section relating to matching requirements, see section 202(1) of Pub. L. 94–274, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 390, set out as a note under section 2652 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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16 U.S.C. § 563
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102