Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
§ 580f. Telephones for official use in private residences
Statutory text
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
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. 81–97 § 10 · 64 Stat. 82
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f
Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the Act of Telephone service. 37 Stat. 414. August 23, 1912, as amended (31 U. S. C. 679), appropriations for the protection and management of the national forests shall be available to pay for telephone service installed in residences of seasonal employees and of persons cooperating with the Forest Service who reside within or near the national forests when such installation is determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be needed in protecting the national forests: 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.Pub. L. 85–464 § 6 · 72 Stat. 216
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f
Pub. L. 85–464 inserted “and other lands administered by the Forest Service” after “forests”
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f
Pub. L. 85–464 substituted “residences of employees” for “residences of seasonal employees” in two places
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f
Pub. L. 85–464 substituted “such lands” for “the national forests” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
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.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. Section 10 of the Act of April 24, 1950 ( 64 Stat. 82), is hereby Telephone service. 16 USC 580f. 37 Stat. 414. amended to read as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912, as amended (31 U. S. C. 679), 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.”
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
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), , 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.
Credits
1950–1958 · 2 acts
- 1950Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85
- 1958Pub. L. 85–464, § 6, , 72 Stat. 217.
Show as published
(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 85–464, § 6, , 72 Stat. 217.)