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2024 U.S. Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 3 - Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 554 - Forest supervisors and rangers

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 554 (2024)
Section Name §554. Forest supervisors and rangers
Section Text

Forest supervisors and rangers shall be selected, when practicable, from qualified citizens of the States or Territories in which the national forests, respectively, are situated.
Source Credit

(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, §3, 33 Stat. 628.)
Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

"National forests" substituted in text for "reserves" on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
Publication Title United States Code, 2024 Edition, 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. 554 - Forest supervisors and rangers
Contains section 554
Date 2024
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2025
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 33 Stat. 628
34 Stat. 1269
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