16 U.S.C. § 557 : US Code - Section 557: Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention

Search 16 U.S.C. § 557 : US Code - Section 557: Employees of Forest Service; subsistence furnished to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical attention

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to furnish subsistence
to employees of the Forest Service, to purchase personal equipment
and supplies for them, and to make deductions therefor from moneys
appropriated for salary payments or otherwise due such employees.
He is also authorized, in his discretion, to provide out of moneys
appropriated for the general expenses of the Forest Service medical
attention for employees of the Forest Service located at isolated
situations, including the moving of such employees to hospitals or
other places where medical assistance is available, and in case of
death to remove the bodies of deceased employees to the nearest
place where they can be prepared for shipment or for burial:
Provided, That when a transient without permanent residence, or any
other person while away from his place of residence, is temporarily
employed by the Forest Service and while so employed becomes
disabled because of injury or illness not attributable to official
work, he may be provided hospitalization and other necessary
medical care, subsistence, and lodging for a period of not to
exceed fifteen days during such disability, the cost thereof to be
payable from any funds available to the Forest Service applicable
to the work for which such person is employed.