The purpose of this Act is to leverage volunteer engagement to supplement projects that are carried out by the Secretaries to fulfill the missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and are accomplished with appropriated funds.
Pub. L. 92–300, § 2Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341138 Stat. 2913 (, as added , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 92–30086 Stat. 147 Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341138 Stat. 2913 This Act, referred to in text, is , , , as amended generally by , , , known as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, which enacted this section and sections 558b to 558g of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Codification
Pub. L. 92–30086 Stat. 147 Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 95–289, § 192 Stat. 289 Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 204(a)104 Stat. 175 Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d)107 Stat. 921 Pub. L. 114–245, § 4(d)(1)130 Stat. 992 Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341138 Stat. 2913 Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 118–234Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 118–234The Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act, enacting this section and sections 558b to 558g of this title, was orignally enacted as , , , known as the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972, which enacted former sections 558a to 558d of this title. was amended by , , ; , , ; , , ; , , . was subsequently amended generally by , , , including an amendment to provide that the Act be cited as the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act. is shown herein, however, as having been added by without reference to those intervening amendments because of the extensive revision of by .
Prior Provisions
Pub. L. 92–300, § 186 Stat. 147 Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(d)107 Stat. 921 Pub. L. 118–234A prior section 558a, , , ; , , , authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to recruit, train, and accept volunteers in the National Forests Program, prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by .
section 2 of Pub. L. 92–30086 Stat. 147 section 558b of this titlePub. L. 118–234A prior , , , was classified to , prior to the general amendment of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 by .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 92–300, § 1Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341138 Stat. 2913
section 1 of Pub. L. 92–300[For prior , see Prior Provisions note above.]
Pub. L. 92–300, § 586 Stat. 147 Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 92–300Pub. L. 118–234, , , provided that , which enacted former sections 558a to 558d of this title, could be cited as the “Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972”, prior to the general amendment of by .
Reference to Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972
Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 342138 Stat. 2914