16 U.S.C. § 501 — Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts

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Since 1913, 10% of national forest income each year goes toward building and maintaining roads and trails in that forest's state. The Secretary of Agriculture spends this money and can work with state or territorial governments on shared highway systems. Payments are based on timber's stumpage value, not full sale price.

Since March 4, 1913, 10 percent of all money collected from the national forests each fiscal year becomes available at year's end. The Secretary of Agriculture spends it building and maintaining roads and trails within the national forests of the states where that money came from. Whenever it's practical, the Secretary of Agriculture may work with the proper state or territorial authorities while building and maintaining these roads, to help connect them to a broader highway system. When the Forest Service sells logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, or other forest products, the amount set aside for schools and roads under this section is based on the value of the standing timber, not the full sale price.

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On or after Mar. 4, 1913, ten per centum of all moneys received from the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a part. In sales of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for schools and roads by this section shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 843; Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 212, 58 Stat. 737.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1913Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145 · 37 Stat. 843
1944Amended · Act of Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412 · 58 Stat. 737

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