16 USC § 554a - Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s554a"
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title: "16 USC § 554a - Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "554a"
section_name: "Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 7, 1898, ch. 571, § 1, 30 Stat. 673; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628.)"
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# § 554a. Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations

Forest inspectors, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and fire patrol are to be hereafter appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations.

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**Source Credit**: (July 7, 1898, ch. 571, § 1, 30 Stat. 673; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Act , transferred certain functions with regard to the administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Agriculture.