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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.

  1. 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. 85

    Enacted 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.

  2. Pub. L. 85–464 § 6 · 72 Stat. 216

    1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f

      Pub. L. 85–464 inserted “and other lands administered by the Forest Service” after “forests”

    2. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 580f

      Pub. L. 85–464 substituted “residences of employees” for “residences of seasonal employees” in two places

    3. 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
  1. 1950Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85
  2. 1958Pub. L. 85–464, § 6, , 72 Stat. 217.
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(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 10, 64 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 85–464, § 6, , 72 Stat. 217.)

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