Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
16 U.S.C. 558b: Definition of SecretariesText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 3-FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

§558b. Definition of Secretaries

In this Act, the term “Secretaries” means each of⁠—

(1)  the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and

(2)  the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

( Pub. L. 92–300, § 3 , as added Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341 , Jan. 4, 2025 , 138 Stat. 2913 .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, as amended generally by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2913, known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted sections 558a to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 558b, Pub. L. 92–300, § 2, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, authorized the Secretary to provide for incidental expenses to program volunteers, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.

A prior section 3 of Pub. L. 92–300, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147, was classified to section 558c of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by Pub. L. 118–234.