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16 U.S.C. § 1606a

Reforestation Trust Fund

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 1606a, Reforestation Trust Fund, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447149
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the Reforestation Trust Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Trust Fund”), consisting of such amounts as are transferred to the Trust Fund under subsection (b)(1) and any interest earned on investment of amounts in the Trust Fund under subsection (c)(2). The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Trust Fund an amount equal to the sum of the tariffs received in the Treasury after January 1, 1989, under headings 4401 through 4412 and subheadings 4418.50.00, 4418.90.20, 4420.10.00, 4420.90.80, 4421.90.10 through 4421.90.20, and 4421.90.70 of chapter 44, subheadings 6808.00.00 and 6809.11.00 of chapter 68 and subheading 9614.10.00 of chapter 96 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The amounts required to be transferred to the Trust Fund under paragraph (1) shall be transferred at least quarterly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. Proper adjustment shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred. The Secretary of Agriculture is on and after December 19, 1985, authorized to obligate such sums as are available in the Trust Fund (including any amounts not obligated in previous fiscal years) for—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 96-451(H.R. 4310)1980-10-14
    An act to amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 to promote recreational boating safety through the development, administration, and financing of a national recreational boating safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-424(H.R. 6211)1983-01-06
    Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-190(H.J.Res. 465)1985-12-19
    Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1986, and for other Dec. 19, 1985 purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-418(H.R. 4848)1988-08-23
    Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-83(H.R. 2107)1997-11-14
    Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998
  • Amended byPub. L. 117-58(H.R. 3684)2021-11-15
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act