Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§580 Use of Forest Service Appropriations for Repair, Etc. of Equipment; Rental of Fire Control Equipment to Non-federal Agencies
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 580
Summary
The Forest Service can charge other projects or federal agencies when they use its vehicles and equipment. The user must pay rates the Forest Service chief sets to cover actual or estimated costs like operation and repair. The Service can also rent equipment for fighting fires to state, county, private, or other non‑federal agencies under written agreements, and payments go into Forest Service funds available when received.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §580
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Appropriations for the work of the Forest Service available for the operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of motor and other equipment may be reimbursed for use of such equipment on projects of the Forest Service chargeable to other appropriations, or on work of other Federal agencies, when requested by such agencies, reimbursement to be made from appropriations applicable to the work on which used at rental rates fixed by the Chief Forester based on the actual or estimated cost of operation, repair, maintenance, depreciation, and equipment management control, and credited to appropriations currently available at the time adjustment is effected. The Forest Service may also rent equipment for fire-control purposes to State, county, private, or other non-Federal agencies cooperating with the Forest Service in fire control under the terms of written cooperative agreements, the amount collected for such rental to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time payment is received.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 443.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 411.
July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 679.
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 421.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 580
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102