Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§580f Telephones for Official Use in Private Residences
Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 580f
Summary
Money for Forest Service protection can pay for phones in the homes of employees and people who help the Forest Service if they live on or near those lands and the Secretary of Agriculture approves. The government will pay only the monthly local phone fee and tolls needed for official business.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §580f
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1348 of title 31, appropriations for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service shall be available to pay for telephone service installed in residences of employees and of persons cooperating with the Forest Service who reside within or near such lands when such installation is determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be needed in protecting such lands: Provided, That in addition to the monthly local service charge, the Government may pay only such tolls or other charges as are required strictly for the public business.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification “Section 1348 of title 31” substituted in text for “section 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912, as amended (31 U.S.C. 679)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1958—Pub. L. 85–464 inserted “and other lands administered by the Forest Service” after “forests”, and substituted “residences of employees” for “residences of seasonal employees”, and “such lands” for “the national forests” in two places.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 580f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60