{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-554a","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 554a","heading":"Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations","body":"Forest inspectors, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and fire patrol are to be hereafter appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 3—FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"ee823baead3c8d73cff1ddfe557b67e65c5a608f8081168bfd167219ac6cf362","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-554","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-554b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}