2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 3 - Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 575 - Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 575 (2017)
Section Name §575. Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense
Section Text

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting persons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local authorities.

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(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, §3, 46 Stat. 387.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3 - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 575 - Search for lost persons, and transportation of sick, injured, or dead persons, within national forests; authorization to incur expense
Contains section 575
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 46 Stat. 387
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