16 USC § 554c - Care of employees’ graves

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s554c"
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title: "16 USC § 554c - Care of employees’ graves"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "554c"
section_name: "Care of employees’ graves"
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"
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source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 206, 58 Stat. 736.)"
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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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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