Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§579c Availability of Funds Received From Forfeitures, Judgments, Compromises, or Settlements

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 579c

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money the Forest Service gets because a permittee or timber buyer lost a bond or deposit for not doing required repair, protection, or rehab work, or because of a judgment, settlement, or compromise for damage to Forest Service land, must go into the U.S. Treasury. That money is set aside to pay for the repair, protection, or rehab work that the problem caused, and it can be used until it is all spent. Any money left over after the work is done is moved to miscellaneous receipts.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §579c

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Any moneys received by the United States with respect to lands under the administration of the Forest Service (1) as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or deposit by a permittee or timber purchaser for failure to complete performance of improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work required under the permit or timber sale contract or (2) as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of any claim, involving present or potential damage to lands or improvements, shall be covered into the Treasury and are hereby appropriated and made available until expended to cover the cost to the United States of any improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on lands under the administration of the Forest Service rendered necessary by the action which led to the forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement: Provided, That any portion of the moneys so received in excess of the amount expended in performing the work necessitated by the action which led to their receipt shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 579c

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60