---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 594–1...594–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "594–1...594–5"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/594-1...594-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Protection of Timber, and Depredations"
---

# [§594–1...594–5. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 594–1, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 1, 61 Stat. 177, set forth policy of Federal Government respecting protection of all forest lands from insects and diseases.

Section 594–2, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 2, 61 Stat. 177, related to conduct of surveys by Secretary of Agriculture to detect infestation by forest insect pests and tree diseases.

Section 594–3, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 3, 61 Stat. 177, related to allocation of funds for pest and plant disease control.

Section 594–4, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 4, 61 Stat. 177, related to contributions for insect or disease control carried out on non-federally owned forest land.

Section 594–5, acts June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 5, 61 Stat. 177; June 20, 1975, Pub. L. 94–40, 89 Stat. 224, set forth funding requirements for Federal program.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.

### Short Title

Act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 7, 61 Stat. 177, providing that sections 594–1 to 594–5 of this title be known as the “Forest Pest Control Act”, was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.

### Construction

Act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 6, 61 Stat. 177, providing that sections 594–1 to 594–5 of this title not be construed as limiting or repealing existing legislation, was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.

### Plan for Control of Dutch Elm Disease

Pub. L. 94–588, § 20, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2963, provided that the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with officials of both the States and political subdivisions thereof, conduct a study of the incidence of Dutch elm disease and evaluate methods for controlling the spread of such disease and submit a report on the results of such study to the President and the Congress on or before Mar. 1, 1977.