Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
§ 554e. Employment of workers for emergencies
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after , the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 105–277 div. A § 101(e)(tII) · 112 Stat. 2681
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 554e
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title II], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–273.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title II], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–273.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 105–83, title II, , 111 Stat. 1577.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title II], , 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–208.
Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title II], , 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–185; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), , 110 Stat. 1327.
Pub. L. 103–332, title II, , 108 Stat. 2524.
Pub. L. 103–138, title II, , 107 Stat. 1404.
Pub. L. 102–381, title II, , 106 Stat. 1402.
Credits
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title II], , 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–273.)