§ 556d. Advances of public moneys to Forest Service for fighting forest fires in emergency cases

Statutory text

Advances of money under any appropriation for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service and by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties for fighting forest fires in emergency cases and detailed accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the Department of Agriculture to the Government Accountability Office.

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.

1908
Pub. L. 60–192 · 35 Stat. 251
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 556d
May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259
1972
Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 231(v) · 86 Stat. 201
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 556d
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required chiefs of field parties to give bonds
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required chiefs of field parties to give bonds.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(v) That part of the Act entitled “An Act making appreciations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine”, approved May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 259; 31 U.S.C. 534), relating to bonds required of chiefs of field parties who are advanced public moneys for fighting forest files, which is under the heading “Forest Service” and with the side caption “General Expenses, Forest Service”, and which reads “and hereafter advances of money under any appropriation for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service and by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties for lighting forest fires in emergency cases, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, and detailed accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the Department of Agriculture to the General Accounting Office;” is amended by striking out “, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct,”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as a part of the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1909, act May 23, 1908.

Section was formerly classified to section 534 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required chiefs of field parties to give bonds.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “Treasury Department” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties conferred upon Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other officers of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.

Credits

1908–2004 · 4 acts

1908May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259
1921June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24
1972Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 231(v), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 211
2004Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.

Show as published

(May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 259; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 231(v), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 211; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)