16 U.S.C. § 538 (2024)
This is the official text of 16 U.S.C. § 538 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors
Official statutory text
Whenever the agreement under which the United States has obtained for the use of, or in connection with, the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service a right-of-way or easement for a road or an existing road or the right to use an existing road provides for delayed payments to the Government's grantor, any fees or other collections received by the Secretary for the use of the road may be placed in a fund to be available for making payments to the grantor.
(Pub. L. 88–657, §7, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1090.)
(Pub. L. 88–657, §7, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1090.)
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