---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460lll–14"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460lll–14"
heading: "Forest highways"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460lll-14"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXIII — Land Between the Lakes Protection"
  - "Part A — Establishment, Administration, and Jurisdiction"
---

# §460lll–14. Forest highways

- (a) **In general—** For purposes of [section 204](/usc/16/204.md)[^1] of title 23, the road known as “The Trace” and every other paved road within the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12) (including any road constructed to secondary standards) shall be considered to be a [forest highway](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=6).
- (b) **State responsibility—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) shall be responsible for the maintenance of [forest highways](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=6) within the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12).
  - (2) **Reimbursement—** To the maximum extent provided by law, from funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation and available for purposes of highway construction and maintenance, the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) of Transportation shall reimburse the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) for all or a portion of the costs of maintenance of [forest highways](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=6) in the [Recreation Area](/usc/16/460lll.md?p=12).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title V, § 514], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–313.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 204 of title 23, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed and a new section 204 enacted by Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1119(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 473, 489.