FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement
16 U.S.C. § 574
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ChapterSUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
This text of 16 U.S.C. § 574 (Damages caused private property in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests; reimbursement) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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16 U.S.C. § 574.
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse owners of private property for damage or destruction thereof caused by employees of the United States in connection with the protection, administration, or improvement of the national forests, payment to be made from any funds appropriated for the protection, administration, and improvement of the national forests: Provided, That no payment in excess of $2,500 shall be made on any such claim.
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History
(May 27, 1930, ch. 337, §2, 46 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 87–869, §8, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.)
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Amendments
1962—Pub. L. 87–869 increased from $500 to $2,500 the authorization for reimbursement of owners of private property for damages caused in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests.
Amendments
1962—Pub. L. 87–869 increased from $500 to $2,500 the authorization for reimbursement of owners of private property for damages caused in protection, administration, and improvement of national forests.
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