1995 U.S. Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1B - ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 490 - Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
§490. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the year in which such transfer is made.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 462; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, §6, 64 Stat. 84.)
Amendments1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, covered excess deposits into miscellaneous receipts instead of returning them to the depositors as was formerly the practice.
Cross ReferencesClassification, appropriation and disbursement of trust funds on the books of the Government, see section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 580k of this title.