An Act to facilitate the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes
PL 87-869 (H.R.12434), enacted 10/23/1962

76 STAT.] 
P U B U C LAW 87-869-OCT. 23, 1962 
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Public Law 87-869 
A N A C T 
October 23, 1962 
To facilitate the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. 
[H. R. 12434] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate a^id House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That where lands 
Forest service, 
under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service have been acquired and gf'^and"^^*'^""" 
are being administered under laws which contain no provision for 
their exchange, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey such lands 
and in exchange therefor may accept on behalf of the United States 
title to any lands which in his opinion are suitable for use in connec-
tion with activities of the Forest Service. The value of the lands 
so conveyed by the Secretary of Agriculture shall not exceed the 
value of the lands accepted by him. 
SEC. 2. The Act of July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 388), as amended (5 
U.S.C. 567), is further amended by striking out the words "within 
ee stat. 11. 
twenty years". 
SEC. 3. Not to exceed $35,000 annually of funds available to the 
Recreation fa-
Forest Service may be expended for providing recreation facilities, unities. 
equipment, and services for use by employees of the Service located 
at isolated situations and, where deemed to be in the public interest, 
by members of the immediate families of such employees. 
SEC. 4. The Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), as amended and 
Repeal. 
supplemented (16 U.S.C. 506-508, 509), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 5. The provision of the Act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 269, 
287; 16 U.S.C. 489), which reads, "That the Secretary of Agriculture, 
under such rules and regulations as he shall establish, is hereby 
authorized and directed to sell at actual cost, to homestead settlers 
and farmers, for their domestic use, the mature, dead, and down 
timber in national forests, but it is not the intent of this provision 
to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to permit 
the free use of timber a^ provided in the Act of June fourth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-seven" is repealed. 
SEC. 6. The Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 35; 16 U.S.C. 551) i? 
amended by deleting from the second full paragraph on page 35 the 
portion thereof reading "as is provided for m the Act of June fourth, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, amending section 
fifty-three 
hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States" and inserting in lieu thereof "by a fine of not more than $500 
or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both". 
SEC. 7. Section 32(f) of the Act of July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 526; 7 
U.S.C. 1011(f)) is amended to make the last sentence thereof read as 
follows: "Any violation of such rules and regulations shall be punished 
by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six 
months, or both". 
SEC. 8. Section 2 of the Act of May 27,1930 (46 Stat. 387; 16 U.S.C. 
574) is amended by changing the amount in the proviso from $500 to 
$2,500. 
SEC. 9. Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for 
expenses of, or payment of assessment for, construction of sidewalks, 
curbs, or street paving along the boundary of Government-owned 
residential or otherwise improved lots. 
SEC. 10. Section 13 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 
of 1956 (70 Stat. 1034; 16 U.S.C. 579b) is hereby amended by deleting 
from the second sentence thereof the comma after the word "assets" 
and the words "but such capitalization shall not exceed $25,000,000." 
Approved October 23, 1962.