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16 U.S.C. 554c: Care of employees’ gravesText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 3-FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
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§554c. Care of employees’ graves

Appropriations for the Forest Service shall be available within such limitations as may be prescribed therein for the expenses of properly caring for the graves of persons who have lost their lives as a result of fighting fires while employed by the Forest Service.

( Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412 , title II, § 206, 58 Stat. 736 .)

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Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.