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§6235 Deposit and Expenditure of Use Fees

Title 16 › Chapter 81A— NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT › § 6235

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Unless section 580d applies, fees the Secretary collects must go into a special Treasury account and are available for the Secretary to spend without another appropriation until used. Treasury will transfer requested amounts to the Secretary to fund Forest Service special‑use monitoring, administration of its special program, and related interpretive, environmental, and restoration activities.

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Title 16, §6235

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(a)Unless subject to section 580d of this title, use fees collected by the Secretary under this chapter shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation until expended, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
(b)Upon request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary from the special account such amounts as the Secretary may request. The Secretary shall accept and use such amounts in accordance with subsection (c).
(c)Use fees deposited pursuant to subsection (a) and transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be expended for monitoring of Forest Service special use authorizations, administration of the Forest Service’s special program, interpretive programs, environmental analysis, environmental restoration, and similar purposes.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, which was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title V of div. F of Pub. L. 108–7, known as the National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

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16 U.S.C. § 6235

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60