Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§575 Search for Lost Persons, and Transportation of Sick, Injured, or Dead Persons, Within National Forests; Authorization to Incur Expense
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 575
Summary
In an emergency, the Secretary of Agriculture can spend money to search for people lost in national forests. The Secretary can also pay to move very sick, badly injured, or dead people found there to the nearest place where they can be handed over to interested parties or local authorities.
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Title 16, §575
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting persons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local authorities.
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16 U.S.C. § 575
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102