"The handbook is divided into two major sections. Functional Provisions and Major Acts of Congress Relating to Forest Service Activities. The first section arranges the laws, or appropriate parts of laws, by broad subject matter ... Some of the laws included in this section are duplicated as parts of the laws in the second section. The second section contains the entire wording, or applicable portions, of major statutes relating directly to Forest Service activities. This handbook has been updated through the statutes enacted by the 94th Congress (1976)"--Page iii.

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