2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 3 - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT (§§ 551 - 583j-9)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 551 - 580q)
Section 557a - Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 3 - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 557a - Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation |
| Contains | section 557a |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 30, 1932, ch. 331, 47 Stat. 473. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 47 Stat. 473 |
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The Secretary of Agriculture is hereafter authorized, in connection with the administration of the national forests, to enter into contracts for the procurement of services, materials, and supplies for the ensuing fiscal year, prior to the passage of an appropriation therefor: Provided, That such contracts shall aliquot the cost for such service by fiscal years and shall not be binding on the United States as to that part for the ensuing year unless and until an appropriation applicable to the payment thereof is made: And provided further, That all such contracts shall by their terms provide that the obligation of the United States is contingent upon the passage of an applicable appropriation and that no payment thereunder will be made until such appropriation becomes available for expenditure.
(June 30, 1932, ch. 331, 47 Stat. 473.)
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