Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§571c Erection of Permanent Facilities on Land Not Owned by United States; Long Term Leases
Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 571c
Summary
The Forest Service may use its funds to build permanent buildings, lookout towers, or other structures on non‑federal land, despite other laws, as long as normal cost limits apply and it gets rights to use the land for the structure's expected life and to remove the structure afterward.
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Title 16, §571c
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Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law and without regard to section 3111 and 3112 of title 40, but within the limitations of cost otherwise applicable, appropriations of the Forest Service may be expended for the erection of buildings, lookout towers, and other structures on land owned by States, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, corporations, or individuals: Provided, That prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right to remove any such structure within a reasonable time after the termination of the right to use the land.
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Codification “section 3111 and 3112 of title 40” substituted in text for “section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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16 U.S.C. § 571c
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60