Document Citation: 16 USCS § 554e

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UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE
TITLE 16. CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3. FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
GENERAL PROVISIONS


Date:
02/28/2013

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§ 554e. Employment of persons to perform work occasioned by emergencies

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.